On 07/15/2010 08:45 PM, Genes MailLists wrote:
On 07/15/2010 12:58 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
I know how to change the font size for the message pane in Thunderbird (^-/^+). What I'd like to do is reduce the font size in the folders pane (so that I can see more folders in the list). I looked through the about:config and nothing jumped out at me. Is this something I can configure (and if not, why not)?
There is (as of yet) no gui to do this with fine control - the font size settings Edit-> Prefs allow you to choose fonts and size - but not control separately the sizes in different panels.
What you need to do is in your ~/.thunderbird/<profile>/chrome directory - create (by copying the example) a userChrome.css file.
Then - mozilla website has detailed instructions on how to set the fonts, sizes etc for different areas in thunderbird (menu, index, preview pane, message list) etc.
Things like
menu,menulist,menuitem { font-family Verdana !important ; font-size 12pt !important' } treechildren { font-size: 16px; }
etc etc ... I dont have the website handy but its on mozilla and I'm sure you'll find it!
You do have very very fine control on fonts - but its not clicky!
Thanks Gene! Just the answer I was looking for. Next time I have some time, I'll go looking for it. Thanks for the detailed explanation!
good luck.
gene/