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Changing link colors in Thunderbird 2.
How can I change the color of links such as from:, to:, and active links in Thunderbird 2? Currently it is set to dark blue, but I use a blak background (High Contrast Black colour scheme in Windows XP).
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Hmm, I thought that might change them anyway, but you're right, tested with no luck.
Ooh! Found them! In the config editor filter by browser.
browser.anchor_color for normal links
browser.active_color for active links
browser.visited_color for visited links
Here's an article that explains how to make the changes you're talking about by adding a file to the profile http://kb.mozillazine.org/White_on_bl... though I bet most of those changes can also be made using the config editor.
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Inappropriate?In Thunderbird you need to use the config editor to change these settings. You'll need the hex code for the color you'd like to use instead, eg #FFFFFF is white and #000000 is black.
1. Click on the Tools menu and choose Options
2. Choose the Advanced panel across the top and make sure the General tab is selected
3. Click the Config Editor button near the bottom
4. In the Filter box in the Config Editor, type link. This will reduce the list of settings shown.
5. Double click on a setting to change it
I'm not sure if you'll need to restart thunderbird for the settings to take effect or if the change will work right away.1 Comment Add a comment
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Thanks for the suggestion Lucy, but unfortunately this doesn't work. The links for which colours can be changed are all in the "editor" rather than in "mailnews", which is where I assume the Thunderbird message display drivers get their instructions. What I suspect needs to happen is that entries for mailnews.link.color or mailnews.reply_header_color need to be created. Since I don't know the internal workings of the software,these are only suggestions. I suppose I could download the source and have a look to see what would ned to be done to impliment this feature, but thought I'd ask first if an entry should be added in the config editor to do what I'm looking for.
Thanks for your help!
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Inappropriate?Hmm, I thought that might change them anyway, but you're right, tested with no luck.
Ooh! Found them! In the config editor filter by browser.
browser.anchor_color for normal links
browser.active_color for active links
browser.visited_color for visited links
Here's an article that explains how to make the changes you're talking about by adding a file to the profile http://kb.mozillazine.org/White_on_bl... though I bet most of those changes can also be made using the config editor.
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Thanks Lucy! That fixes half of the problem, that is, where the links are in the body of the message. What I'd like to know now, is how to change the colour of the links for the "From:", "to", etc in the header. If we can figure out how to chnage those colours, we're off to the races! <grin>
Thanks for your help!
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ahh ok, for those ones you probably have to use the link I gave you, or download a theme like this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thun...
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Inappropriate?Hey Lucy! That extension did the trick! Thanks for pointing that out to me!
David
