Get a larger mailbox list in Thunderbird
Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Every now and then I open up Thunderbird to remind myself why I don’t use it.
Because Mail Act-on 
doesn’t work in Thunderbird and the available quick-filing extensions like Nostagly aren’t quite as slick, I find myself doing much more dragging and dropping than I do in Mail.app.
A neat little tweak from Horst Gutmann makes it all easier by creating a bigger mailbox list and, hence, larger targets on which to drop the emails.
His tip changes the look of the mailbox list from this to this:
(Or, if you are not making a screenshot to demonstrate the difference, something in the middle perhaps).
You will need to add some text to your userChrome.css file, which you will find on your ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/chrome/ folder.
Open it up in your text editor of choice and add the following code:
font-size: 25px !important; }
#folderTree > treechildren::-moz-tree-row {
height: 30px !important; }
(You might want to change the pixel size to something slightly more modest).
Save. Close. Open up Thunderbird and enjoy bigger targets and a list that is easier to read.
Tags: Apple Mail Tips, drag and drop, filing, hack, mailboxes list, Productivity, thunderbird, userChrome.css
By default Cocoa apps handle dragging and dropping text in an annoying way. You have to click and hold selected text for a bit before you can drag it. You can’t remove this annoyance, but a Terminal hack can reduce the frustration.