1936498 - "Thunderbird failed to find the settings for your email account" string low visibility in OS Dark Mode

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Vlad Lucaci, Thunderbird QA (:vlucaci)]

Attachment: Screenshot 2024-12-11 at 11.12.37.png

Affected versions

• 135.0a1(20241210105041)

Affected platforms

• Windows 10
• Windows 11
• macOS 14
• Ubuntu 24

Pre-requisites:
Have at least one account previously configured.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch TB.
2. Go to burger menu and select Settings.
3. Check the Account Hub (experimental) option
4. Click on the Burger Menu again and Select New Account-Email.
5. Reach the "Add your email address" screen and input invalid credentials
6. Click Continue.

Expected result

• The "Thunderbird daily failed to find the settings for your email account" string should be visible, regardless of the user's OS color theme.

Actual result

• The "Thunderbird daily failed to find the settings for your email account" string is not visible while the user's OS color theme is set to Dark.
• The low visibility issue is especially prevalent on macOS platform. Consider changing the color font to a different color that is visible in OS's Dark Mode.

Comment 1

[[e-mail]]

Attachment: Bug 1936498 - Use higher contrast color for warning notification banner text in dark mode. r=#thunderbird-front-end-reviewers

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/da71cf517a78
Use higher contrast color for warning notification banner text in dark mode. r=vineet