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Visualized with Dark Theme but send messages in Light Theme

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firefox2089
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I much prefer dark mode. But replying to emails in dark mode is full of bugs (my text is black on a black background).

Can it be setup that we can use a dark mode, but that the compose window is light mode?

I much prefer dark mode. But replying to emails in dark mode is full of bugs (my text is black on a black background). Can it be setup that we can use a dark mode, but that the compose window is light mode?

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Matt
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Send plain text, that has no formatting so when you send it will display on the receiving device as whatever the theme is set to show in that app..

firefox2089
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Sending only plain text doesn't work in most cases, particularly when replying to a message.

Matt
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Yeah it does. But all the HTML used in the original message is lost.

firefox2089
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Ok. Is there a way to do this without only using plain text?

(I'm using light theme because of this issue. If I had to use plain text for everything, I'd stop using Thunderbird.)

Clearly I'm not the only person who likes using a dark theme AND wants to be able to compose email with Thunderbird....