Thunderbird color folders
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Hello
Is it possible to color, highlight, or bold the title of certain local folders in THUNDERBIRD?
I managed to change the icon color ("colorize folder") and the "properties" of the folder in question, but I would like to "impact" the entire icon + folder name.
Thanks
5 answers
Hello everyone....
If I'm not mistaken, this is no longer possible in the recent versions of Thunderbird.... you can have the option to modify the icon but the folder icon in the directory becomes invisible if you paste a new icon...
All we can do is customize Thunderbird this way ► See screenshot image below
In fact, it's a personal customization that can be modified as desired, but it is quite tedious to do by editing userChrome.css... there is a whole process to follow that I can share with you if interested?
Best regards ► A+
I will prepare the tutorial for you and upload the configuration I made to a host if you want, or you can figure out how to make your theme yourself... but it takes quite a long time if you don't know too much.
Otherwise, you can go ► Here
Talk to you later if that's okay.
Hello.....
To customize Thunderbird ► See the procedure below
1► Allow Thunderbird to consider the Chrome folder and its content userChrome.css by following the instructions below
2► Open the configuration editor (equivalent to about:config in Firefox) by clicking on the Tools tab in Thunderbird ► Settings (the last one at the bottom) ► In the page that opens ► Go to the very last line ► Configuration Editor
3► Click on Configuration Editor .....
4► In the input field ► Copy/Paste ► toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets and set its value to true by double-clicking on the search result:
5► Download the Chrome folder that contains the userChrome.css file ► Here (For info the downloaded folder is in ZIP format ► Just open it to access the Chrome folder ...)
6► Open the hidden folder containing the user profiles by following the instructions below
7► Launch Thunderbird ► Click on the Help tab ► Then on the line More troubleshooting information ► Click on the line Open the corresponding folder (local disk) ...the Profiles folder opens
8► Copy/Paste the downloaded Chrome folder from step 5 into the Profiles folder
9► Close and relaunch Thunderbird and you're done ......you have a customized Thunderbird .....(for info you can customize the userChrome.css file by changing colors ...but it is wise and strongly recommended to back it up beforehand because the process is quite lengthy and tedious to achieve the desired result ...the one I propose was made according to my tastes and is unique .....an example of the userChrome.css file is on the site link ► Cocci10
Important ► Keep the Chrome folder in case of reinstallation of Thunderbird if you want to keep the new look of the email client
For the icons ► Download and install ► Phoenity Icons
Note that if you disable this addon ...you will have customized and differentiated icons and that may be what you prefer....otherwise you will have the same icons as the screenshot posted in #4 yesterday ?
Cheers and A+ for the result
(actually I spent more time writing this tutorial than it takes to customize Thunderbird...it can be done in 15 minutes at most when the userChrome.css is ready ...)
Oops Oops .... I only saw your response today and I am truly sorry for that
Your response is really clear... I will implement your suggestions immediately and keep you updated
Thank you
thank you
Thank you
And while I’m at it ... best wishes!!!
I don't perceive the connection between this link and my questioning.