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I'm looking to configure Thunderbird so that all three panes are dark, as:

dark thunderbird

However, after downloading and adding the Dark Reader plugin I get only a single pane dark. The list of messages is unchanged and still with black writing on a white background, as is the list of folders.

How do I ensure that all three panes are dark as pictured above?

(I use Dark Reader with Firefox but am certainly open to other such similar plug-in's or add-on's for Thunder Bird if they change the appearance.

I'm not looking to change how e-mails are sent or composed, simply how they're displayed on my end.)

version:

nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ thunderbird --version
 Thunderbird 91.5.0
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ uname -a
Linux mordor 5.11.0-49-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 12 17:36:34 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nicholas@mordor:~$
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  • Hello. When I lookup Dark Reader it tells me it is only for web browsers and sites you access through them. So in no way has anything to do with the Ubuntu OS. – David Apr 01 '22 at 11:45
  • using software on Ubuntu is on topic @David – Nicholas Saunders Apr 01 '22 at 11:46
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    For me, Thunderbird turns dark in its entirety when selecting the Dark Adwaita theme (but them I am using Vanilla Gnome 40 on Ubuntu 21.10). This probably will work on the forthcoming LTS 22.04. – vanadium Apr 01 '22 at 11:48
  • @vanadium Hi he is not using a theme he is using a web browser add on. – David Apr 01 '22 at 12:16
  • @David isn't that an add on intended to make the application dark? I think that one can get Thunderbird entirely dark without any add on. – vanadium Apr 01 '22 at 14:56
  • @ vanadium The apps web site says it is strictly a browser add on for apps run in the browser. Maybe you can make it dark without the add on but that is not what the OP says he is doing. – David Apr 01 '22 at 14:58
  • Maybe I'm using the wrong add on! I searched from within Thunderbird and found the "Dark Reader" add-on for the Thunderbird client. So far as I know there's no Thunderbird "website" client. – Nicholas Saunders Apr 03 '22 at 02:29

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