Change hightlight color of selected emails?

[Flycaster]

I am not happy with the highlight color of emails that I select to read. So, when selecting an email from the inbox, for example - or any box for that matter, I would like to be able to decide which color will highlight these selections.

[morat]

Similar thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=2287343

[Flycaster]

Similar thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=2287343

Thanks, I did look at the link, but a couple of problems. Couldn't figure out if those codes are the ones I need. Also, the link and codes are 7 years old; would they still work now? Let me state, perhaps more clearly, what I need: When looking at the emails in any of my accounts boxes (inbox, sentbox, trash, etc,) I usually scroll down to each new email using the down arrow in the Mail toolbar. With a tap of the down arrow, a new email is selected and highlighted. At present, that highlight doesn't really do it for me and I would like to have a code that will allow me to change the highlight color of the selected email.

[morat]

Try searching on Google. You may find a more recent thread with the same code.

Google search: threadTree treechildren selected site:forums.mozillazine.org

Styling a Tree
http://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs ... ing_a_Tree

[Flycaster]

Try searching on Google. You may find a more recent thread with the same code.

Google search: threadTree treechildren selected site:forums.mozillazine.org

Styling a Tree
http://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs ... ing_a_Tree

Hey Morat, I do appreciate your trying to help me with this project. I looked at the link, but to tell you the truth, I have trouble wrapping my head around this stuff and can't begin to know how to use it. However, if I do have the code to highlight selected emails, I do know where to put it and how to modify some aspects of the code (like colors and sizes.)

[morat]

Here is the same code from the other thread. It works for me in Thunderbird 52.

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/* Thunderbird userChrome.css */

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background-color: black !important;
}

#threadTree treechildren:-moz-tree-cell-text(selected) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  color: orange !important;
}

#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected, focus) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background-color: red !important;
}

#threadTree treechildren:-moz-tree-cell-text(selected, focus) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  color: yellow !important;
}

http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css

[Flycaster]

Entered the code into my userChrome.css, restarted TB, but nothing happened. Perhaps I did something wrong.

[morat]

Try this:

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/* Thunderbird userChrome.css */

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background-image: none !important;
  background-color: black !important;
}

#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(selected) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  color: orange !important;
}

#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected, focus) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  background-image: none !important;
  background-color: red !important;
}

#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(selected, focus) {
  -moz-appearance: none !important;
  color: yellow !important;
}

Test:

* click a message in thread pane to select a message
* hold shift key
* click another message a few rows below to select multiple messages
* release shift key
* press tab to change focus
* press shift tab to change focus again

If there are no color changes, then I don't know a solution for Windows 10.

[Flycaster]

No color changes. Maybe I did something wrong when adding code to the userChrome. Here's a screen shot:

[lovemyfoxy]

My highlight color is the one I chose in my Windows 7 color scheme on the Win Control Panel. Does that work in 10?