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