Thunderbird 115 introduced a new look. I hate it. Not only does it no longer fit in with KDE Plasma, it lost functionality due to it’s new integrated search bar in the title bar.
So I went on a mission to fix it.
To restore the regular title bar:
Go into Settings > General > Language & Appereance and uncheck the Hide system window titlebar
To remove search bar:
Toggle toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in Config Editor (bottom of Settings)
Find your profile directory via Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory (or about:profiles in same page)
This directory should have lots of files e.g. prefs.js and places.sqlite
Create directory chrome
Inside that folder, create a file named userChrome.css with the below content:
#unifiedToolbar {
display:none !important;
}
Restart Thunderbird
Enjoy!
Haha there is always someone who dislikes all the space in today’s modern design. I love the new look and it’s why I’m using Thunderbird now as a new user. But I love that we have choice in the Linux community to alter things.
Exactly. I liked the new design so much than old design , and as a fan of GNOME style , the Thunderbird-gnome-theme was perfect for me.
I was actually searching for a theme like this just a few minutes ago but didn’t find anything, so thanks for sharing. Does this use the GTK 4/Libadwaita style?
It’s sad that you hate it. It’s good that you found a way to fight against change.
I will however admit that I didn’t consider Thunderbird ac an alternative for my email management prior to v.115. Now I find it finally not ressembling a Windows 98 email client and really like it.
imo i liked the fact that it looked like Windows XP-era Outlook (not that i used it), i just liked the simplicity of it and the legibility. With 115 now it just seems poorly put together.
for instance, the buttons for messages have now moved to the pane where your accounts and folders are, Get messages is now just a little cloud icon in the left, and New message gets all the spotlight for some reason. it just looks like someone just slapped things together with no rhyme or reason, it’s inconsistent.
i liked the prior spaces update because you could just hide it into a little toolbar. Now they have a bar that when you get rid of it, it just messes with the position of the window buttons. not a good look imo.
it’s still a good client though.
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There is theme support for thunderbird so if someone makes a classic theme, you can just download and install it.
But depends on the level of changes you want to make… Maybe not all can be changed with themes?
the issue with hiding the system window toolbar is that it puts a border around the window buttons, which is inconsistent with other programs. kind of a shame they did this redesign, as get messages and new message are now lopsided and send gets more piority. it just looks like it was poorly put together in photoshop or something.
and i kinda see what they were going for this redesign but honestly it’s too much imo, it’s trying to make thunderbird something it’s not.
after all we chose thunderbird because of its oldschool look, now they’ve kinda ruined it. still going to be using it though.
I haven’s seen the updated UI, but if Firefox taught me anything I have to thank you in advance
I was right, this is nasty
Thanks, first thing I did as well.
Still the best email/calendar client though.
