Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #117132
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 117132

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pablomme (pablomme) wrote :

Well, there's even more. Package gnome-themes-ubuntu, which provides the "New Wave" theme (and two more) includes a file "/usr/share/themes/New Wave/userChrome.css", which says:

"This file fixes the New Wave Firefox/Thinderbird [sic] issue with unreadable text in the menubar"

So this issue is certainly known by theme developers. Copying/linking the said file into ~/.mozilla/firefox*/*.default/chrome/ fixes the problem. It'd be better if this file was soft-linked/unlinked on theme change, though.

And ideally, there shouldn't be a need for a workaround at all, either on the Firefox side (other programs manage just fine) or on the theme side ("Dark room" manages just fine).

As a side note, I have my Firefox bookmarks on the right of the menus, to save vertical space. The provided CSS does not prevent the bookmarks from being rendered in black text over dark background. "Dark room", again, works fine in this regard (text is white)... which is a pity, because I like "New Wave" better.