Attachment icons

Herb

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Mar 2, 2010, 10:31:31 AM3/2/10

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I find the TB3 attachment icons too small compared with TB2 (I already
overlooked a couple of attachments).

Is there a setting for making the icons bigger?

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V S Rawat

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Mar 2, 2010, 10:51:52 AM3/2/10

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On 3/2/2010 9:01 PM India Time, _Herb_ wrote:

> I find the TB3 attachment icons too small compared with TB2 (I already
> overlooked a couple of attachments).
>
> Is there a setting for making the icons bigger?
>
>

Not just attchment icon, everything in TB3 quite smaller than in TB2.
I am liking this sleek look.

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Herb

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Mar 2, 2010, 10:57:23 AM3/2/10

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I like it generally, but I would definitely like bigger attachment
icons. Any offers?

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Keith Nuttle

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Mar 2, 2010, 11:27:54 AM3/2/10

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While you have to go into each toolbar, you can change the size of the
icons by right clicking on the toolbar and selecting "customize" you can
then select the icon size near the bottom of the window.

Herb

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Mar 2, 2010, 11:30:16 AM3/2/10

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Thanks for your reply, but I wasn't referring to the toolbar - I was
referring to the size of the icons shown for attachments at the bottom
of messages.

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Ron Hunter

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Mar 2, 2010, 11:44:14 AM3/2/10

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I suspect they may be tied together. Those on my wife's machine are HUGE!

Herb

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Mar 2, 2010, 11:51:27 AM3/2/10

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Mmmm, very odd - I'm not really sure where to look.

I had a look in the toolbar customisation page, and "Use small icons"
isn't ticked.

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Ken Whiton

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Mar 2, 2010, 1:25:27 PM3/2/10

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*-* On Tue, 02 Mar 2010, at 15:31:31 +0000,
*-* In Article <xZWdneEc3pfJshDW...@mozilla.org>,
*-* Herb wrote
*-* About Attachment icons

> I find the TB3 attachment icons too small compared with TB2 (I
> already overlooked a couple of attachments).
>
> Is there a setting for making the icons bigger?

Yes ... or at least there was in earlier versions, I don't know
about TB3.

Tools --> Options --> Advanced --> [General tab] --> Config Editor

Filter on "attach" (without the quotation marks) and locate the
mailnews.attachments.display.largeView preference. Based on your
post, it's probably set to the default value of "false". Double click
on it to toggle it to "true". Exit the Config Editor, the Options
dialog, and you'll probably have to close TB and re-open it to enable
the change.

I keep mine set to "false" for conservation of screen real
estate, but I have an entry in my userChrome.css file that applies a
background color to the icon and the attachment name, making them
quite noticeable.

Ken Whiton
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Herb

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Mar 2, 2010, 1:57:17 PM3/2/10

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Splendid, thank you 8-)

No TB restart necessary to activate it.

Real estate note an issue for me since I have a large screen.

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Ron Hunter

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Mar 2, 2010, 3:19:39 PM3/2/10

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Sounds like a trip to the prefs.js file, or config editor if you want an
interface...
Good luck.

Herb

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Mar 2, 2010, 4:29:53 PM3/2/10

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Ken provided the answer - see other messages in this thread.

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horst39

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Mar 2, 2010, 5:33:55 PM3/2/10

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Please, can you show the code you added in userChrome.css ?
Horst

V S Rawat

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Mar 3, 2010, 12:24:25 AM3/3/10

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Just curious. How big it is? my 18.5" wide appears too small for me.

and I mean screen! :-) :-) :-)

Herb

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Mar 3, 2010, 1:21:28 AM3/3/10

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I have 2 screens (can't remember the actual size, 22" I think, or
perhaps one is 23") - anyway, the resolutions are 1920x1200 and 1920x1080.

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Ron Hunter

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Mar 3, 2010, 3:44:06 AM3/3/10

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On the desktop machine, I have a 16:9 (1600x900) display, which is
adequate in the horizontal dimension, but still not large enough in the
vertical. On the netbook, neither the 1024 horizontal, nor the 597
vertical is enough to waste any screen space.

Ken Whiton

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Mar 3, 2010, 3:50:12 AM3/3/10

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*-* On Tue, 02 Mar 2010, at 23:33:55 +0100,
*-* In Article <nIOdnW-SgKY9ORDW...@mozilla.org>,
*-* horst39 wrote
*-* About Re: Attachment icons

> On 02.03.2010 19:25, Ken Whiton wrote:

>> *-* Herb wrote

>
>>> I find the TB3 attachment icons too small compared with TB2 (I
>>> already overlooked a couple of attachments).
>>>
>>> Is there a setting for making the icons bigger?
>
>> Yes ... or at least there was in earlier versions, I don't
>> know about TB3.
>>
>> Tools --> Options --> Advanced --> [General tab] --> Config Editor
>>
>> Filter on "attach" (without the quotation marks) and locate the
>> mailnews.attachments.display.largeView preference. Based on your
>> post, it's probably set to the default value of "false". Double
>> click on it to toggle it to "true". Exit the Config Editor, the
>> Options dialog, and you'll probably have to close TB and re-open it
>> to enable the change.
>>
>> I keep mine set to "false" for conservation of screen real
>> estate, but I have an entry in my userChrome.css file that applies
>> a background color to the icon and the attachment name, making them
>> quite noticeable.
>

> Please, can you show the code you added in userChrome.css ?

/* Attachment Pane At Bottom Of Message Pane/Window */

.attachmentBox {
background-color: #0000DD !important; font-weight: bold; color:
white !important; }

The default black text doesn't show up well against the blue
(#0000DD) background I use, so I have changed the font color to white.
Depending on the background color you decide to use you may or may not
want to change the text color (and/or weight) as well.