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

[Bret Busby]

On 27/3/24 07:59, Gil Weber wrote:
> Thanks, Dustin. I will try to look into this. Hopefully not too much
> for a neophyte.
> Gil
> 
> 
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 05:50:30 +0600
> Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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

What is your Desktop Environment?

I use Mate (Linux Mint Mate), with a theme that is now obsolete, that I 
had used (and, obtained from a previous installation) in Ubuntu Linux.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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