Folder with new mail is grey

Gary Gate

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Nov 28, 2009, 5:30:32 PM11/28/09

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Now in TB3, a folder name with new unread mail in it turns grey instead
of bold black in TB2. Did something change just in my configuration or
is this a universal change? Grey on white is difficult to see and read,
even if it's bold grey.

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Gary G.

Ron Hunter

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Nov 29, 2009, 3:51:58 AM11/29/09

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Hummm. Mine are blue. Maybe this is a color setting in your OS version?

Nir

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Nov 29, 2009, 9:00:53 AM11/29/09

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I just look into folderPane.css file ( can be found under Tb application
folder/Chrome/classic.jar ) and found following lines

treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(folderNameCol, newMessages-true) {
font-weight: bold;
color: Highlight;
}

treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(folderNameCol, newMessages-true,
selected) {
font-weight: bold;
color: -moz-Dialog;
}

From my understanding, when folder with new messages is not selected in
folder pane, it color will be changed to what Ron said.
And when a folder that is already selected in folder pane, receives new
message, Tb will change its color to what Gray said.

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Wayne Mery

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Nov 29, 2009, 2:53:43 PM11/29/09

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I was told the default color is related to the theme you have set. So
it's not the same color for everyone. Probably worthy of being added to
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_3.0_-_New_Features_and_Changes

Gary Gate

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Nov 29, 2009, 3:30:14 PM11/29/09

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I have the default theme and no modifications. (WinXP)

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Gary G.

barjac

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Dec 8, 2009, 9:28:35 AM12/8/09

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None of which gets any closer to solving the problem.
Is there a current bug report on this?

Wayne Mery

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Dec 8, 2009, 9:45:12 AM12/8/09

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On 12/8/2009 9:28 AM, barjac wrote:
> None of which gets any closer to solving the problem.
> Is there a current bug report on this?

you want to search bugzilla
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi?query_format=advanced

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523972
(with thanks to rsx11m for pointing me to it)
a variation at
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532100

color was introduced via
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494777

Neil P

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Dec 10, 2009, 10:56:52 AM12/10/09

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On Dec 8, 2:28 pm, barjac <zen25...@zen.co.uk> wrote:
> None of which gets any closer to solving the problem.
> Is there a current bug report on this?

I have the same problem with TB 3.0 on WinXp.
A quick fix is to add the following into your userChrome.css file.
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/edit#css

treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(folderNameCol, newMessages-true) {
font-weight: bold;

color: #000000 !important;
}

This will set the colour to be black.

Orson Jones

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May 3, 2010, 2:53:03 PM5/3/10

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I am having this problem, but this workaround doesn't seem to work for
me. I am using Thunderbird 3.04 on Ubuntu 10.04

$ cat ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/2yyv95fw.default/userChrome.css

treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(folderNameCol, newMessages-true) {
font-weight: bold;

color: #4A0080 !important;
}

Orson Jones

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May 3, 2010, 3:45:35 PM5/3/10

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On 05/03/2010 12:53 PM, Orson Jones wrote:
> On 12/10/2009 08:56 AM, Neil P wrote:
>> I have the same problem with TB 3.0 on WinXp.
>> A quick fix is to add the following into your userChrome.css file.
>> http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/edit#css

...
> $ cat ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/2yyv95fw.default/userChrome.css
...

Ah, I didn't read the instructions closely enough. I missed the part
about it needing to be in the chrome subfolder.

Orson