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I've just installed Thunderbird on MacOS 14.2.1. I've run through all the settings I could find related to fonts and sizes, but nothing I change affects the message list, meaning the list of sende...
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Monica Cellio
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2025-08-13T21:03:47Z (about 1 year ago)
- I've just installed Thunderbird on MacOS 14.2.1. I've run through all the settings I could find related to fonts and sizes, but nothing I change affects the message *list*, meaning the list of sender/subject/date that you see in the inbox. Some (but not all) individual messages respond to font changes (a problem for a different question later), but I need to make the text in the main list bigger. Is there a way to do this?
- I'm referring to this part of the UI:
- I've just installed Thunderbird on MacOS 14.2.1. I've run through all the settings I could find related to fonts and sizes, but nothing I change affects the message *list*, meaning the list of sender/subject/date that you see in the inbox. Some (but not all) individual messages respond to font changes (a problem for a different question later), but I need to make the text in the main list bigger. Is there a way to do this?
- I'm referring to this part of the UI:
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- I restarted Thunderbird after making settings changes (several times, by now), but that didn't change the appearance of the message list.
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Monica Cellio
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2025-08-13T20:46:03Z (about 1 year ago)
How do I enlarge inbox text in Thunderbird?
I've just installed Thunderbird on MacOS 14.2.1. I've run through all the settings I could find related to fonts and sizes, but nothing I change affects the message *list*, meaning the list of sender/subject/date that you see in the inbox. Some (but not all) individual messages respond to font changes (a problem for a different question later), but I need to make the text in the main list bigger. Is there a way to do this? I'm referring to this part of the UI: 