Colors in panes on Windows 7 Pro.
When Thunderbird upgraded to one of the latest versions (102), it changed the background colors on the folder and message list panes to black with white text, and I cannot get it to change back to white background with black text. The The message display pane is normal black text on white background. What do I have to do to get my correct colors back and why did you change them? I am running Aero on Windows 7 Pro.
Wot Wayne Mery
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dlsmith50076 said
Stan48, Well, it's obvious to me that TB has broken some themes when run in Win7, but no one wants to admit it because they don't want to fix a problem that only affects Win7.
If the problem only happens with the add-on, I don't see how you can absolve the add-on of potentially being the problem. Even if it didn't happen prior to version 102, it is possible that changes may be needed to the add-on - future compatibility is not an absolete guarantee. Have you checked with the author?
Anyway, it looks like plenty of windows 7 related issues have been fixed in the past year, and none are currently not fixed https://mzl.la/3evbnQZ. If you feel it is fix worthy please file a bug report
I would be interested to see what occurs if you change the window7 theme.
Much of Thunderbird's colour scheme has traditionally been inherited from the current windows theme. Either as a direct mapping, or as a highlight. So changing the windows theme may see a completely different outcome. It would also make useful information to be able to identify if the issue only happens with certain windows themes.
I never saw most of the issues with Windows 7 themes because I always used the legacy windows 2000 windows theme. Boring, but functional and much faster than the windows defaults.
I changed my Windows theme to the standard Win7 theme and the problem persists. Here is screen shot showing Win 7 standard theme with Aero enabled and the dark panes in TB with a theme I use. Only the light TB theme renders the top panes with a white BG.