Thunderbird does not indicate when there are new messages in a newsgroup thread

[Desiree]

I manually collapse all newsgroup threads as soon as I open a newsgroup.
I read that Thunderbird should be underlining in red font the first
message in a collapsed thread if there are new, unread messages. It
doesn't. I keep missing new messages even in threads I started as there
is no way to know if there are new, (or older) unread messages. Outlook
Express bolds in red font any thread that has unread new messages. How
can get Thunderbird to do something to indicate there are new unread
messages in a collapsed thread?

[Chris Ilias]

I don't have that problem here. If you go to
Help-->Restart_with_Add-ons_Disabled, does the problem still occur? If
not, the cause is probably an extension or the theme you're using.

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Mailing list/Newsgroup moderator

[Onno Ekker]

I don't know about the red font, but underlining for a collapsed thread
with unread articles is standard and works for me.

Also navigating with the 'n' key takes you to the next unread message
and is often faster than selecting a thread and article with the mouse.

Onno

[Ron Hunter]

Yes, when it works. Very often I find that the N and the 'next' button,
and even my programmed mouse button won't go to the next unread message,
and I have to click on the next header. Darn annoying, and has been
that way for a couple of years.

[Ken Whiton]

*-* On Wed, 02 Oct 2013, at 23:18:28 -1000,
*-* In Article <y9ydnWCMUpn-q9DP...@mozilla.org>,
*-* Desiree wrote
*-* About Thunderbird does not indicate when there are new messages in
a newsgroup thread

It should be possible using the userChrome.css file (which
doesn't exist by default). I don't use a threaded view, however, so I
can't help you with the code involved. :-(

Ken Whiton
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[WaltS]

On 10/04/2013 10:11 AM, Bob Henson wrote:

> This sets the text colour of unread messages to red:-
>
>
> #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(unread) {
> -moz-appearance: none !important;
> color: #FF0000 !important;
> }
>
>


But does it set the color of the collapsed thread when there are new
unread messages in that thread?

[Ken Whiton]

*-* On Fri, 4 Oct 2013, at 16:50:56 +0100,
*-* In Article <6445p0hmdme6$.u78t019r...@40tude.net>,
*-* Bob Henson wrote
*-* About Re: Thunderbird does not indicate when there are new

messages in a newsgroup thread

> WaltS wrote:

>> On 10/04/2013 10:11 AM, Bob Henson wrote:
>>> Ken Whiton wrote:

>>>> *-* Desiree wrote

>>>>> I manually collapse all newsgroup threads as soon as I open a
>>>>> newsgroup. I read that Thunderbird should be underlining in red
>>>>> font the first message in a collapsed thread if there are new,
>>>>> unread messages. It doesn't. I keep missing new messages even in
>>>>> threads I started as there is no way to know if there are new,
>>>>> (or older) unread messages. Outlook Express bolds in red font
>>>>> any thread that has unread new messages. How can get
>>>>> Thunderbird to do something to indicate there are new unread
>>>>> messages in a collapsed thread?

>>>> It should be possible using the userChrome.css file
>>>> (which doesn't exist by default). I don't use a threaded view,
>>>> however, so I can't help you with the code involved. :-(

>>> This sets the text colour of unread messages to red:-

>>> #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text(unread) {
>>> -moz-appearance: none !important;
>>> color: #FF0000 !important;
>>> }

>> But does it set the color of the collapsed thread when there are
>> new unread messages in that thread?

> No - but they are underlined so you don't need to change the colour
> to spot them.

If you (re-)read Desiree's original post (quoted above) you'll
see that she says her Thunderbird isn't underlining them. That's why
she's looking for an alternate way to identify those collapsed threads
that contain new (or older) unread posts.

Before we get too deep into a userChrome.css discussion, however,
we probably ought to recommend that she close Thunderbird and restart
it with extensions disabled, to check the possibility that her problem
might be caused by an extension.