The new release of Thunderbird
, codename Supernova
, changes some key elements of the UI to be more "modern".
For those who wish to keep the new release but modify some elements to semi-reflect the old UI, then here are some
steps to accomplish this.
- Click the hamburger menu in the top right corner and select
Settings
. - Click the
General
tab. - Scroll to the bottom and click the
Config Editor
button. - In the
Advanced Preferences
dialog, search formail.tabs.drawInTitlebar
and set it to false. - Restart Thunderbird.
- Open your current Thunderbord profile folder. If not sure where that is then do the following:
- From the file menu, click
Help -> Troubleshooting Information
. - Find the
Profile Directory
entry and click theOpen Directory
button.
- From the file menu, click
- Find the
chrome
folder and open it. If the folder doesn't exist, then create one. Note the folder name is case sensitve. - Open the
userChrome.css
file. If the file doesn't exist, then create one. - Add the following:
@namespace html url("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml");
#toolbar-menubar {
order: 1;
}
unified-toolbar {
order: 2;
}
#tabs-toolbar {
order: 3;
}
- Restart Thunderbird.
- Click the hamburger menu.
- Under the
Density
entry, selectDefault
or to taste.
- Click
View -> Toolbars -> Customize
from the file menu. - Undert the
Mail
tab, setButton Style
to Text Only or to taste.
Great! Thank you very much!