1511554 - Thunderbird Font size on main page can not be changed

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 570442

(Thunderbird :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[Jim Bennett]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0

Steps to reproduce:

Open Thunderbird


Actual results:

Thunderbird comes up. However, even though I changed the default font size, the main page (folders on the left, inbox top right) is in a small font.


Expected results:

If I change the default font size (in display options) it should be shown on the startup page. If I have bad eyes, I should be helped BEFORE I open a message and hit ctrl-+.
I am 75. I could use a little help here. I note that FireFox remembers font sizes. Why can't ThunderBird use a default font size for the starup screen??

Comment 1

[Jorg K (CEST = GMT+2)]

What exactly do you mean by "startup page"? The page that shows up when you first start Thunderbird, the one that usually talks about donations?

You could set layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to - say - 1.2. Do this:

Tools > Options, Advanced, General, "Config editor" button. Paste layout.css.devPixelsPerPx into the search box. Change the value from -1.0 to 1.2. BE VERY CAREFUL. If you enter a value that is to big, TB will become absolutely unusable and there is no way back.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

This seems to be a mix of issues.  Take your pick from https://mzl.la/2CftfcC  

But on balance it sounds like Bug 570442 - Need larger display font for Thunderbird message list/pane and folder list/pane - which has so many duplicates

Comment 3

[Matt]

I think we can say Jim is gone.