It used to be possible to find it in either Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Config Editor or Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor.
How can I open it now?
Tools:
Preferences:
asked Jun 11, 2017 at 0:25
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For me there is a "Config Editor..." button in the Preferences window if I select "Advanced" (on TB 52.1.1).
Edit:
The "Advanced" tab has four sub tabs:
- General
- Data Choices
- Network & Disk Space
- Certificates
In the screenshot above you have the "Certificates" sub tab open. Click "General", and you'll hopefully see the "Config Editor..." button.
answered Jun 11, 2017 at 0:43
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1Looks like the OP is missing the tabs in the
Advanced-section, the screenshot shows only the contents of theCertificates-tab, but there should appear several tabs in theAdvanced-section, the button for the config-editor is in theGeneral-tab in theAdvanced-section.– mook765Jun 11, 2017 at 1:57 -
Thanks for the explanation, @mook765. I just edited my answer. (There is something wrong with the UI, so it's currently not obvious that those tab labels are clickable.) Jun 11, 2017 at 2:11
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1I'm afraid that will not help as the sub-tabs to choose are not displayed. I think the OP has a corrupted profile and should backup his profile-folder and create a fresh profile. Probably the problem occurred due to changes in the config-editor. BTW, we can edit the config-file with a text editor, the file to edit is
~.thunderbird/<your_profile>/prefs.js, Thunderbird should not run while doing that. We can find out the location of the profile withHelp > Troubleshooting Information.– mook765Jun 11, 2017 at 2:26 -
@mook765: Actually the sub-tabs are displayed just as well (or just as bad) in the OP's screenshot as they are for me. It's the first line below the icons. So there probably is some kind of bug, but even if it's not obvious, the labels are clickable. Jun 11, 2017 at 2:53
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1You are right, know I see them too, they just don't look like tabs...– mook765Jun 11, 2017 at 3:35
Turn off your Thunderbird and open ~/.thunderbird/<your_profile>/prefs.js.
Look for
user_pref("mail.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex", 3);
and delete it (or set it to 0 which is the default value).
Generally, look for preferences in prefs.js and find out which line is the culprit.
Thanks to mook765.
answered Jun 14, 2017 at 11:36
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1Look's like setting the value to
0should do it. I think this setting is used to remember the last opened sub-tab in theAdvanced-tab, so setting the value to0should open the sub-tab which holds theconfig editor-button...– mook765Jun 14, 2017 at 12:08