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Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue

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On 4/13/21 3:54 PM, Bill wrote:
> Hello! This is my first post to this newsgroup.
>
> I recently started using a 4k monitor, and I used that as an excuse to 
> switch (back) to Thunderbird as an email client. I recently installed 
> version 78.9.0 (64 bit) in my Windows-10 system. In case it may be an 
> issue, I have been working from my "user" rather than "admin" account.
>
> With the Message List Pane taking up half of the vertical space of my 
> 27" screen, I am only seeing about 7 messages displayed--IMO, there is 
> too much vertical space above and below each message item.
>
> I would similarly enjoy being able to adjust the likewise spacing of 
> the foldered in the Folder Pane.


You are using the default Classic View or the Wide View layout?

I can resize the Folder and Thread panes to be larger by dragging the 
top of the message header down in the Wide View layout.


>
> I have some programming experience but darn little experience with 
> cascading style sheets (.css), but I have been trying to learn. From 
> what I have read online, it appears that a file named userChrome.css 
> can be placed in the Chrome folder, and preferences may be overridden 
> there. I have even set the boolean value 
> toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true, for good 
> measure, since I have seen that mentioned in my "research" on this 
> matter so far.
>
> I created a file userChrome.css (below) and placed it in
> C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\0alphanum.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome 
>
>
> (Note: Logically, this doesn't seem like the right place to me, but it 
> was the only place I found a "Chrome" subfolder associated with 
> Thunderbird.  In contrast, I see that FireFox has such a folder in 
its 
> folder where the application resides.)
>
>

There should not be any chrome folder in the profile associated with 
Thunderbird.

The user needs to create it, and it would be 
C:\Users|Me\AppData\Thunderbird\\Profiles\Dalphnum.default-release\chrome.


>
> @namespace 
> "http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul";
>
> /* height of thread pane */
> threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row{
> min-height: 200px !important;  /* WAS 18px */
> max-height: 250px !important;  /* I added (created?) this attribute */
> }
>
>
> I have increased the values above, a great deal, just to see if I 
> could see whether Thunderbird would use them.  But the Thunderbird 

> seems to be ignoring or not doing anything with this.
>
>
> Thank you in advance for any willingness to help me with this!
> What am I doing wrong???
>

You need to set the correct location for the chrome folder and change a 
setting in the Config Editor to enable the userChrome.css file.

Someone else will have to direct you to that. I don't use any CSS files.

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New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Bill <nonegiven@att.net> - 2021-04-13 15:54 -0400
  Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-13 16:15 -0400
    Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Bill <nonegiven@att.net> - 2021-04-13 16:35 -0400
      Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-13 16:48 -0400
        Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Teddy-Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-04-13 16:51 -0400
          Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Bill <nonegiven@att.net> - 2021-04-13 17:21 -0400
            Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Bill <nonegiven@att.net> - 2021-04-13 17:31 -0400
          Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Bill <nonegiven@att.net> - 2021-04-13 23:59 -0400
            Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-04-13 23:02 -0700
              Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-14 08:04 +0100
                Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-14 08:18 +0100
              Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Bill <nonegiven@att.net> - 2021-04-14 03:10 -0400
                Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-14 07:53 -0400
                Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2021-04-14 22:48 -0700
      Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Marc Auslander <marcausl@gmail.com> - 2021-04-13 16:50 -0400
      Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Lance Courtland <lcourtland@comcast.net> - 2021-04-13 13:57 -0700
        Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-04-13 17:53 -0400
          Re: New Thunderbird User/Configuration Issue Lance Courtland <lcourtland@comcast.net> - 2021-04-13 15:58 -0700

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