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Would like control over typography of message lists.
I can't really put my finger on it, but I don't like the look of the message list. I think I'd like to adjust the font face/size as well as the spacing between lines.
Also, perhaps the ability to adjust the color of the line dividing messages in the list would help, and maybe the ability to add an alternating row color.
I accomplish something along these lines in Apple Mail by using the Widemail plugin. Perhaps a gander at that would give some more ideas about what I'm looking for.
Also, perhaps the ability to adjust the color of the line dividing messages in the list would help, and maybe the ability to add an alternating row color.
I accomplish something along these lines in Apple Mail by using the Widemail plugin. Perhaps a gander at that would give some more ideas about what I'm looking for.
I’m undecided
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Inappropriate?Thanks for posting this fitzage.
If you are willing to get your hands dirty you can tune the message list pane a little bit on your own. Just share your findings with the rest of us in case we want to folder your styling into Postbox!
1) First you need to find or create a file called userChrome.css. Here's some info on where to find this file:
http://lifehacker.com/197715/customiz...
here's where your postbox profile is:
http://getsatisfaction.com/postbox/to...
2) To change the font size in the message list pane add the following CSS rule to userChrome.css:
#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-cell-text {
font-size: 12px;
}
3) to turn off the grey separator line:
#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row {
border-bottom: 1px solid #F8F8F8; /* insert your new color here */
height: 16px;
}
this example also changes the height to 16 pixels which is the same height as mail.app. If you want to remove the separator altogether make the rule look like:
#threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row {
border-bottom: none !important;
height: 16px;
}
Those are a few things to get you started.
Have fun!
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Inappropriate?I'll play with this, but it would really be nice to have some options in the Preferences for this stuff. -
Inappropriate?Just to clarify, you need to create a text/css file called "userChrome.css" from scratch (don't copy the Firefox file -- don't know why Scott even references that) and place it in this folder (Mac OS X users only):
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Postbox/Profiles/[profile]/chrome/userChrome.css
I don't think the "chrome" directory exists by default (it didn't on my Mac), so you'll probably need to create that directory yourself and then place the css file inside. At that point, you can tweak the font sizes, etc.
BTW, +1 to making this a preference. I'm glad there's a way to hack this, but it sure makes more sense to just build it into the app.
Matt :)
I’m ambivalent
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Inappropriate?Another vote for making easy-to-use GUI-based controls for this. I've done the userChrome.css method with Thunderbird, and if you're making the text larger you have to play around with the line height or text gets crowded and/or clipped off.
On the OS X side of things, Gyazmail has an example of a GUI implementation of these font/size options. Plus, it also has a handy option for making unread folders a different color so that they stand out more.
I’m frustrated
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