Problem With Firefox
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 by dxmc | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I've run into an unusual problem with the latest WindowBlinds version. It turns the text on active Firefox tabs black, as in the screenshot here. This happens even if Firefox is excluded. Been using WB and FFox for years, never seen this before. Anybody know how to fix this ? OS is Win 7, thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Reply #2 Wednesday, February 1, 2017 9:25 PM
You might have some success using the Firefox add-on : "Classic Theme Restorer".
It works for me, and blends quite well with the Windowblinds theme being used.
Reply #3 Wednesday, February 1, 2017 10:17 PM
The problem is that once the text color has been turned to black nothing will change it. Changing themes, going to the default theme, uninstalling WB, uninstalling and re-installing FF, even a system restore back to before the WB update doesn't work. The only thing that fixes the problem is a system image restore. The problem isn't related to any WB theme. Just updating to the latest version somehow affects that one single FFox setting that governs tab text color, and it only affects the highlighted tab or a tab that's hovered over. It sounds like a small issue but with most themes it makes tab text unreadable. Some bright themes will change the tab text color from white to black but it's not the same thing, and once it's been changed to black by the WB update it's stuck like that and no theme change has any effect. I can't imagine how a WB update could affect just one FFox style setting.
Reply #4 Wednesday, February 1, 2017 11:21 PM
At one point Pale Moon (a Firefox derivative) was using the System Color / Window Text color setting (which of course tend to be blackish) for the tab text color. If you've got a dark WB theme with a light window text color you might try applying that to see if the Firefox tab text is following that color.
Reply #5 Thursday, February 2, 2017 8:08 AM
Doesn't matter what WB theme is applied, once the latest update is applied tabs go black and stay that way no matter what, even if WB is completely uninstalled or rolled back to an earlier version. Some setting gets changed that can't be restored without re-imaging the whole disk.
I think I made a mistake upgrading to the new WB10 when I'm still on Windows 7. It doesn't add anything but it does seem to cause some compatibility issues.
Reply #6 Thursday, January 11, 2018 4:32 PM
Some success(so far). I reset to default theme in Windowblinds, excluded Firefox (prog86 -> firefox.exe), then applied a theme. I now have the buttons back, however the tab font was still that stupid hard to read light grey.
So I went to help -> troubleshooting and reset Firefox back to default. Worked!
Windows 10.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, February 1, 2017 7:29 PM
My fix was to find a single color FF theme which matches the current Windowblind and changes the text colors on the tabs. If you hover over the various themes for FF, you can see the effect in real time on the tab text.