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Changing colours in Thunderbird

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Following the latest Windioows 10 update, the colours in my Thunderbird email have changed. The pane in which the contentn of the email is displayed is white, - which is fine. But the other panes are black, - as in the attached image. How do I change the colours in these black panes?

Following the latest Windioows 10 update, the colours in my Thunderbird email have changed. The pane in which the contentn of the email is displayed is white, - which is fine. But the other panes are black, - as in the attached image. How do I change the colours in these black panes?
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You are using a dark theme. In Thunderbird check to see what theme you are using. Menu app icon > Addons > Addons > Themes For the 'Light' theme click on 'Enable' button.

Please note that Windows 10 also offers Light and Dark mode for apps. As a heads up, in future it would be helpful if you could tell the forum what version you are using when posting a question. I'm presuming you are using a version of 68*. This is because the instructions are different for those using 78*.

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Gekose oplossing

You are using a dark theme. In Thunderbird check to see what theme you are using. Menu app icon > Addons > Addons > Themes For the 'Light' theme click on 'Enable' button.

Please note that Windows 10 also offers Light and Dark mode for apps. As a heads up, in future it would be helpful if you could tell the forum what version you are using when posting a question. I'm presuming you are using a version of 68*. This is because the instructions are different for those using 78*.

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Many thanks. Yes, I am using Thunderbird 68, though it is kept up to date. Anyway, I have got rid of the unwanted black panes. Grateful for your help.

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I am running 78.5.1 on a Win7 system. Just since the update to 78 I now have panes that do not display automatically, they are black until I move over them with the mouse. I am have not changed the default color scheme, so it's not a dark theme issue. I have a separate nvidia graphics card in my Lenovo laptop that the troubleshooting info shows are being used instead of the other built-in Intel graphics. If I close and reopen TB, the screens are good for a few minutes. Then it gets to where it slow to load, e.g. click on the slider bar in the nav pane (I have several accounts and use lots of folders / subfolders) and there's a discernible delay where the pane is black before updating. After a few more minutes it just stops loading panes at all until I mouse over. At the same time, other panes will stay light but fail to update as well, for example the list of emails in the subfolder. Very annoying, I may go back to 68 if this persists. Thanks for any help / fixes!