Changing the reply font color
Samik R.
I am trying to change the reply font color *only* to change from black
to blue or something (similar to Outlook: when you reply to a message,
the font color changes to blue). I found out the following information
somewhere on the net:
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Add this to userContent.css
Change the colour of quoted text in the editor (while composing
emails/news postings)
Add the following to userContent.css
span[_moz_quote=true] {
color: #000000 !important;
}
Where color specifies the colour for the quoted text.
You can use words instead of numbers as well
i.e.
span[_moz_quote=true] {
color: black ! important;
}
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I am assuming that the userContent.css file will in the chrome folder
inside my profile directory, right? I tried that, but nothing seemed to
happen. Did I miss something, or is there another way to do it?
Thanks.
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
I could be wrong, but try the userChrome.css file. And,
when you save it, you need to save it as a text file, and
with the program closed.
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stef
That's an interesting hack.
Does it work?
Make sure *not* to change the .css file extension to anything else like
.txt when you save it after inserting the hack.
Samik R.
I tried Peter's suggestion as well, and that also did not work. I did
make sure that the extension is .css and not .css.txt or some such
thing. Can anyone else also try this and report? May be something on my
side is messed up (I confess, I keep trying lot of crazy stuff).
Samik R.
I tried Peter's suggestion as well, and that also did not work. I did
Ken Whiton
*-* In Article 4697CDE8...@frKKshKll.org,
*-* Samik R. wrote
*-* About Re: Changing the reply font color
> On 7/13/2007 12:17 PM, stef wrote:
>> Samik R. wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I am trying to change the reply font color *only* to change from
>>> black to blue or something (similar to Outlook: when you reply to
>>> a message, the font color changes to blue). I found out the
>>> following information somewhere on the net:
>>> ---------------------
>>> Add this to userContent.css
>>> Change the colour of quoted text in the editor (while composing
>>> emails/news postings)
>>> Add the following to userContent.css
>>> span[_moz_quote=true] {
>>> color: #000000 !important;
>>> }
>>> Where color specifies the colour for the quoted text.
>>> You can use words instead of numbers as well
>>> i.e.
>>> span[_moz_quote=true] {
>>> color: black ! important;
>>> }
>>> ------------------------
>>> I am assuming that the userContent.css file will in the chrome
>>> folder inside my profile directory, right? I tried that, but
>>> nothing seemed to happen. Did I miss something, or is there
>>> another way to do it?
That's something I've been trying to find out how to do for some
time. Thank you for finding it (and for not being able to make it
work for you :-) ).
>>> Thanks.
>> That's an interesting hack.
>> Does it work?
Yes. I'm looking at yellow quoted text (on my default dark blue
background) as I type this reply.
>> Make sure *not* to change the .css file extension to anything else
>> like .txt when you save it after inserting the hack.
> I tried Peter's suggestion as well, and that also did not work. I
> did make sure that the extension is .css and not .css.txt or some
> such thing. Can anyone else also try this and report? May be
> something on my side is messed up (I confess, I keep trying lot of
> crazy stuff).
UserContent.css, as you originally posted, is the correct file.
You have to have TB *CLOSED* when you save the file. Grant (Peter)
mentioned this in his post, but you apparently overlooked that part
of it.
Ken Whiton
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captjlddavis
I have a couple of questions:
1. You have Yellow text on Blue background when replying to NG post ?
are you composing in html ? and sending in plain text via send options
domain setting ?
2. Does the Usercontent.css hack/entry have any benifet over:
blockquote[type=cite] entries ?
thanks
regards:captjlddavis
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
OK, I got it to work. It only works when you reply in plain
text mode only, not html, and it works on the quoted text.
And its userContent.css.
dillinger
It works here, but it does take changing color: #000000 or color: black
to some other color to see a difference :)
Michel.
Ken Whiton
*-* In Article aaudne9XMuNtygXb...@mozilla.org,
*-* captjlddavis wrote
*-* About Re: Changing the reply font color
> On 7/13/2007 19:59, Ken Whiton wrote:
>> *-* Samik R. wrote
>>> On 7/13/2007 12:17 PM, stef wrote:
>>>> Samik R. wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I am trying to change the reply font color *only* to change from
>>>>> black to blue or something (similar to Outlook: when you reply
>>>>> to a message, the font color changes to blue). I found out the
>>>>> following information somewhere on the net:
>>>>> ---------------------
>>>>> Add this to userContent.css
>>>>> Change the colour of quoted text in the editor (while
>>>>> composing emails/news postings)
>>>>> Add the following to userContent.css
>>>>> span[_moz_quote=true] {
>>>>> color: #000000 !important;
>>>>> }
>>>>> Where color specifies the colour for the quoted text.
[ ... ]
>>>> That's an interesting hack.
>>>> Does it work?
>> Yes. I'm looking at yellow quoted text (on my default dark
>> blue background) as I type this reply.
[ ... ]
> Ken,
> I have a couple of questions:
> 1. You have Yellow text on Blue background when replying to NG post?
Yes.
> are you composing in html ? and sending in plain text via send
> options domain setting ?
No. I compose and post in plain text.
> 2. Does the Usercontent.css hack/entry have any benifet over:
> blockquote[type=cite] entries ?
Yes. As Grant (Peter) mentioned in a post to this thread, the
span[_moz_quote=true] userContent.css entry applies only to composing
in plain text. OTOH, the blockquote[type=cite] entry (which I also
use, BTW) applies to reading messages/posts and to composing in HTML,
but doesn't apply to composing in plain text.
As for the blue background I mentioned, in
Tools --> Options --> Display --> [Formatting tab]
_HTML Messages_____________________________________________
When displaying HTML messages, use the following:
Text Color: |____| Background Color: |____|
I have "Text Color: " set to white and "Background Color: " set to
dark blue. Although it says it's for HTML messages, in my TB 1.5 it
also works for reading plain text messages. This setting also carries
over to the Message Source and Compose windows. Consequently, with
this setting and the span[_moz_quote=true] userContent.css entry I
have yellow quoted material and white original text both on a dark
blue background in the Compose window when composing in plain text.
Samik R.
Sorry for catching up late here. So, as the previous posts mentioned,
the hack only applies to the text mails. Then, I am guessing, the
receiver gets the email in plain text. That is not what I wanted. I
wanted to happen this in HTML mode, so that when I send the message, the
receiver also sees my reply in blue. This is what happens in Outlook,
and I wanted to replicate that in TB.
Terry R.
Hi Samik,
Tools, Options, Composition, Send Options button to configure how you
send. Then in the HTML section (in Composition), you can define the
font, size of font, Text color and Background color.
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Samik R.
Wanted to update this thread with the info that there is a bug open on
this one:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=337146
There is no solution till now, as per the bug.
Andrew DeFaria
Sorry for catching up late here. So, as the previous posts mentioned, the hack only applies to the text mails. Then, I am guessing, the receiver gets the email in plain text. That is not what I wanted. I wanted to happen this in HTML mode, so that when I send the message, the receiver also sees my reply in blue. This is what happens in Outlook, and I wanted to replicate that in TB.