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> toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets
> true
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toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets
> true
M1 is based on this project by nuchi: https://github.com/nuchi/firefox-quantum-userchromejs M1 stopped working in Firefox 72! XBL support got dropped.
From this projects
\method 1\
folder copy userChrome
folder and userChrome.css
file to \ PROFILENAME \chrome\
or add code from userChrome.css
file to an existing userChrome.css
file.Edit
userChrome\userChrome.xml
file to add custom scripts.
M2 is based on this project by ardiman: https://github.com/ardiman/userChrome.js
M2 is also based on the modified files by Endor8: https://github.com/Endor8/userChrome.js/
From this projects
\method 2\profile\
folder copy userChrome
folder and userChrome.js
file to \ PROFILENAME \chrome\
folder.From this projects
\method 2\firefox\
folder copy defaults
folder and config.js
file to Firefox main directory (where the Firefox executable is; or on macOS, inside the main executable, at /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/
). Edit
userChrome.js
file to add custom scripts.With Firefox 62+ and Thunderbird 68+ an additional preference
pref("general.config.sandbox_enabled", false);
has to be set inside config-prefs.js
file. This is considered less secure by Mozilla and is only a temporary workaround, but at the moment it is the only way to run custom scripts using "method 2".
M3 is based on this project by xiaoxiaoflood: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts
From this projects
\method 3\profile\
folder copy utils
folder and userChrome.uc.js
file to \ PROFILENAME \chrome\
folder.From this projects
\method 3\firefox\
folder copy defaults
folder and config.js
file to Firefox/Thunderbird main directory (where the Firefox/Thunderbird executable is). Edit
userChrome.uc.js
file to add custom scripts or delete userChrome.uc.js
file and add scripts directly into /chrome/
folder.
Where to find Firefox
startupCache
folder?about:profiles > Local Directory > Open Folder
, close Firefox and delete all files in startupCache
folder.This is not the same 'profile' folder custom scripts and styles are stored in!
Where to find Thunderbird
startupCache
folder?Windows
C:\Users\ USERNAME \AppData\Local\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\ PROFILE FOLDER NAME \
Linux/macOS
Search for
startupCache
folder on your hard drive.More info about startup cache removal (in German): https://github.com/ardiman/userChrome.js/wiki/Skriptcache
More info about startup cache removal (in English [Google translation]): https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&depth=1&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://github.com/ardiman/userChrome.js/wiki/Skriptcache
about:profiles > Root Directory > Open Folder
or about:support > Profile Folder > Open Folder
Windows
C:\Users\ USERNAME \AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\ PROFILE FOLDER NAME \
Hidden files must be visible to see
AppData
folder. Alternatively open %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
from explorers location bar.Linux
/home/ username /.mozilla/thunderbird/ profile folder name /
Hidden files must be visible to see
.mozilla
folder.Mac OS X
~\Library\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\ PROFILE FOLDER NAME \
or~\Library\Application Support\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Profiles\ PROFILE FOLDER NAME \
\Users\ USERNAME \Library\Application\Support\Thunderbird\Profiles\
Script collection by ardiman: https://github.com/ardiman/userChrome.js
Script collection by Endor8: https://github.com/Endor8/userChrome.js
Script collection by xiaoxiaoflood: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master/chrome