"Jay Garcia" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> On 11.07.2011 07:34, JohnQPublic wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> Sorry to say it, but the tabs in SeaMonkey 2.2 browser just aren't up to
>> snuff...
>>
>> The active tab needs to be highlighted with a different color, so it's 
>> easy
>> to see. Firefox accomplishes this by making the active tab lighter, which
>> works fine. If there's any difference in SeaMonkey, I can't see it with 
>> my
>> CRT monitor. I realize that LCD monitors render grayscales better, but
>> SeaMonkey should take that into consideration. I've looked through the
>> settings and can't find any way to fix this, so presume it's built-in(?).
>>
>> Apparently the only way to close a tab in SeaMonkey with the mouse is to
>> click the little x at the rightside of the tab bar, but it's too small to
>> hit easily & quickly with the mouse pointer. Also that's much less
>> satisfactory than having an x on each tab. Without an x on each tab, it's
>> necessary to first select a tab then click the x. Very cumbersome. Or am 
>> I
>> overlooking something obvious as a newbie? Yes, I'm aware of the keyboard
>> shortcuts affecting tabs, but I normally use a mouse for these 
>> operations.
>
> Add to your userChrome.css:
>
> .tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"] > hbox,
> .tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"] > .tab-close-button {
> background-color: #000088 !important;
> color: #fff !important;
> }
> .tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"]:hover > hbox,
> .tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"]:hover > .tab-close-button {
> background-color: #0000BB !important;
> color: #fff !important;
> }
>
> This will hilite the active tab to blue. Dunno about making the X any
> larger.

Thanks, works like a charm! My .css file is growing...
-- 
J.Q.P.
(FF3.6.18 default browser, customized FF5.0_portable with FF3+ theme, 
Chrome12_portable, Opera11_portable, Iron12_portable, Maxthon3_portable, 
SeaMonkey2.2_portable, IE6, Outlook Express default mail/news, XP Home SP3)


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