Thunderbird UI Mods...

[CharlesV]

Thunderbird SuperNova 115 is pretty darn nice, and it incorporates a lot of cool new features including a pretty nice new look!

However, for those of us that prefer things like Window Title Bars, Application Menus at the TOP of the application and a few more eye candy things on applications... these mods put the world right again.

---- Show Window Title Bar
- Edit | Settings | General
- Scroll down to 'Language & Appearance' section & Window Layout
- uncheck the checkbox 'Hide system window titlebar' to make titlebar appear


---- Move Menu Bar above Unified Toolbar
- Edit | Settings | General
- Scroll to bottom and click on 'Config Editor' button
- In search type : legacy
and look for the line: toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets
- Click on the far right arrow type icon to toggle from 'false' to 'TRUE'

- Back in Thunderbird
- Help | Troubleshooting Information
- in 'Application Basics' - Profile Folders - click on 'Open Folder'
A new window opens showing the contents of your profile name folder.
- Exit Thunderbird

-- Create a userChrome.css file
- In the 'profile name ' folder create a new folder named 'chrome'.
( important ! all lower case. )
- Create a text file named: userChrome.css
- Copy the following text and paste it into the file:

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@import url("chrome://messenger/content/unifiedtoolbar/unifiedToolbarWebextensions.css");

/* Position Menu Bar above Unified Toolbar */
#toolbar-menubar {
order: -1 !important;
}

- Save the file as 'userChrome.css'
- Start Thunderbird



Edit: btw .. all this still works for TB 128 !!

[Eadwine Rose]

I also have these in the file I have stored, work in 140 (it recently made that version jump in the updates)

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@import url("chrome://messenger/content/unifiedtoolbar/unifiedToolbarWebextensions.css");

/* Thread pane - reduce min-height*/
#threadPane {
  min-height: 150px !important;
}

Change 150 to 130 for my system

Alternating mail thread rows

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/* Thread pane - alternating background colors*/
#threadTree tr:nth-child(odd) {
  background-color: #f8f8f8;
}

Calendar looks adjustments

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/* Calendar - highlight background selected*/
.calendar-month-day-box-current-month[selected="true"] {
  background-color: #ddeefe !important;
}

/* Calendar - highlight background today*/
.calendar-month-day-box-current-month[relation="today"] {
  background-color: #ddeefe !important;
}

[m_pav]

Stated using TB before it reached version 1, and I'm still using the same datafile (upgraded of course)
If it helps with a more visual representation, here's the same userChrome.css as it appears in FeatherPad

TB_140-usrchrome.png

And below is my TB with blurring for privacy. Note the benefit of having a very old TB database and profile in use, I get to keep the icons and the text in the Menu Bar. I was really quick to get that userChrome.css in after TB nuked it with v115, same day IIRC.

Never once been able to get the icons and text since then for anyone and I've done hunderds. I have heard folk speak of betterbird though.