1732977 - Vertical lines in left margin when replying to email

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Untriaged, enhancement)

Description

[Martin Menez]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:92.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/92.0

Steps to reproduce:

In previous issues of Thunderbird (ex. 78), when first made available, there were vertical colored lines that appeared in the left margin when replying to messages. As the releases matured, the lines disappeared. In the new 91 edition, we've been through four releases, and these lines still appear, which are very annoying. Please eliminate their automatic application, or provide an option for their removal! Thanks.

Actual results:

See above

Expected results:

See above

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

For the quoted part? Those would be very expected there.
If something else, please add a screenshot.

Comment 2

[Martin Menez]

My point is that formerly, as Release 78 matured, this annoyance disappeared. I'd like it again to disappear. You say that it should be expected. I'm suggesting that the default/norm return to not having it, or provide an option to suppress it. Call it an enhancement if more acceptable. Thanks.

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Those have always been there (maybe appearance slightly changed). You can change how they look using a userContent.css with content like

blockquote[type=cite] {
  border-color: gray !important;
  color: red !important;
  background: #f2f2f2 !important;
}

Comment 4

[Martin Menez]

I have one profile directory named "usqjdstd.default". I created a subdirectory named "chrome" and file under that named "userContent.css", with text content:
blockquote[type=cite] {
border-color: white ! important;
color: red ! important;
background: #f2f2f2; ! important;
}

The vertical line on left is still there. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Also set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true to make it take effect
(for the backround you have a stray semicolon in the middle)

It should be in the profile folder under a subfolder "chrome".

Comment 6

[Martin Menez]

1. It seems that I have one profile folder named "usqjdstd.default". I created a folder (i.e. didn't exi.st prior there) named "chrome" and file under that named "userContent.css". Is that correct, or should I be looking somewhere else?

2. The semicolon was in what you sent me; no problem - I deleted it.

3. In a search of the registry there doesn't seem to be a string named "toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets". Is that where you wanted me to look, in the registry?

Thanks.

Comment 7

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Correct. For toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets, open the Options, then search for Config Editor. There you can change it.

Comment 8

[Martin Menez]

That did it. Thanks much - I appreciate it.

Marty