[Users] Claws-Mail configuration problems following upgrade to Mint 21.3

[Dustin Miller]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:32:49 -0400
Gil Weber <gilweber at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hello. I am running Claws-Mail 4.1.1. Two days ago I upgraded from
> Mint 20.3 to 21.3 following all the online instructions from Mint.
> Ended up with some issues for Claws-Mail. ...
> 
DM: Hi, Gil. I'm guessing it's highly likely it's a GTK3 system theme
issue rather than a Claws Mail issue. Either the theme that's being
used after the upgrade is different, or else the difference(s) in the
OS after the upgrade are causing the same theme to act differently. (I
have encountered both of these types of changes.) If you have the time
and energy, you could perhaps find a way to change the GTK3 css settings
for your system or for a particular theme to fix this for you (there
are posts related to this in this list's message archives), but it would
probably be easier to just try out different themes until you find one
that works for you. (Note that I'm not talking about 'themes' settings
within Claws itself [those are just related to icons, I think], but
rather for your overall system. These can usually be accessed through a
'Start' menu item like 'Appearance' or 'Style', depending on the OS and
version.) You may also find that a theme that fixes this for you causes
some other issue in Claws or other programs, so you'll just have to
figure out what combination of effects you can work with. 🙂️ Hope this
helps, ---Dustin
> 
> 1) Previously with every new message a number (BOLD) would 
> appear next to the folder names on the left side of the screen. 
> That bold number made it very easy to see where the new
> messages had landed after filtering. The numbers still appear, but
> they're no longer bold. And, additionally, the corresponding folder
> name now appears in a reduced point size. Those two differences now
> make it harder to find the new messages.
> 
> 2) On the right side of the screen where the messages appear new ones
> previously were bolded. As those messages do not always display 
> at the top (depends on the timestamps) the bold feature made them easy
> to find and open or classify as spam.
> 
> Now new messages are no longer bold and, in addition, they appear in
> a smaller point size. 
> 
> Just as with issue #1 these changes make it hard to find and open/sort
> new messages.
> 
> 3) After the update any folder on the left and any message on the
> right that's highlighted is displaying with a dark green band through
> it that makes it harder to reader the characters underneath. I'd like
> to be able to lighten the color bands. Can't figure the way to do it.
> 
> I have looked through all the settings in Claws-Mail
> (Configuration>Preferences>Display>Colors) but not found   
> solutions for any of these issues. I  have tried the "Use default" tab
> in Colors but that did not get me back to where I was with Mint 20.3.
> 
> I have also looked in Clawsker but not found solutions.
> 
> This should have been an uncomplicated upgrade as none of my own
> (configuration) files should have been affected -- just the operating
> system was changed.
> 
> Everything I have tried has been in the GUI as my skills are
> the command line are quite limited.
> 
> Any wisdom with suggestions is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
> Gil
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