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Change Tooltip Background/Text Colors in Firefox and Thunderbird

Mike Matenkosky
Mike Matenkosky
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I've been able to change some of the Tooltips in my Firefox, but there are still that I can't edit. I've not been successful on Thunderbird at all. Using this in my Firefox's `userCrome.css`:

` tooltip { 

   padding:          .5rem 1rem !important;
   color:            var(--light0) !important;
   background-color: var(--dark0) !important;
   border-color:     var(--neutral-orange) !important;
 }

` The "Show your Bookmark", "Open a new Tab", "Back/Forward", "Reload", all of my bookmark websites work. The "Home", "Open application Menu" and "Extensions" still show a black bg w/white text. Switching to a light theme shows the white bg w/black text, so it's a theme issue and not a Operating System (Win 10) thing.

I can't seem to get any of my custom Tooltip colors to show up in Thunderbird.

Any help would be appreciated!

I've been able to change some of the Tooltips in my Firefox, but there are still that I can't edit. I've not been successful on Thunderbird at all. Using this in my Firefox's `userCrome.css`: ` tooltip { padding: .5rem 1rem !important; color: var(--light0) !important; background-color: var(--dark0) !important; border-color: var(--neutral-orange) !important; } ` The "Show your Bookmark", "Open a new Tab", "Back/Forward", "Reload", all of my bookmark websites work. The "Home", "Open application Menu" and "Extensions" still show a black bg w/white text. Switching to a light theme shows the white bg w/black text, so it's a theme issue and not a Operating System (Win 10) thing. I can't seem to get any of my custom Tooltip colors to show up in Thunderbird. Any help would be appreciated!

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ThePillenwerfer
ThePillenwerfer
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Not much help but I get the same result on Linux, which does at least further confirm that it's not a Windows thing.

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Mike Matenkosky
Mike Matenkosky Question owner
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Thanks for the confirmation.

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