does anyone know if there is a way to prevent firefox from adopting the visual style i choose for windows? what happens is that when i choose my vs for windows it overrides all my firefox themes no matter what ones i choose, and i am looking for a way to have firefox prevent windows from changing that. hope this makes sense, if more clarification is needed i will try and explain it better

I never had that problem. Are you sure you're using full Firefox themes and not just a Firefox icon set?

yes im using the full firefox themes, and its weird every time i change a VS firefox adopts the color scheme for everything but the buttons the 2 themes i try and use the most are from here... http://www.enhancedlabs.com/main/lha/ so i would assume those are full themes heh, but i just cant figure it out and its driving me nutz cause i want to have a seperate theme going for firefox than windows

can you post screen shots? i don't really see how this is possible.

Well I don't know if that is a full Firefox theme or not. It doesn't say. If you are looking for a Longhorn theme for Firefox, check at Aero-Soft. That site specializes in Longhorn emulation. Maybe you can find a full theme there. I really can't think of a reaon, other than the fact that you may not have a full Firefox theme, that your visual style skins Firefox. Maybe somebody else on this site can help you, but I'm lost as to other solutions.

ok here is a screenie of a fresh install of firefox, all folders and files delete and regcleaned before reinstall

Firefox weirdness

here is nother with just the Longhorn Alternate Dark theme installed

Firefox weirdness 2

looks wierd. never had this before. i'd backup my stuff and reinstall firefox.

already reinstalled firefox and still getting the same prob

In the first screenshot theme u r using the default firfox theme which inherits its style from the current xp theme. In the second shot ur using the loghorn alternative theme which only comes with the icons and is to be used along with the actual windows theme. install this theme https://addons.update.mozilla.org/themes/mo...id=213&vid=1149 and it will change the whole look of firefox .

I've the a feeling that within the package for the LHA VS, there is a script that overwrites your Firefox configs. Try manually installing the .msstyle only.

Its supposed to do that. Firefox inherits the visual style thats applied unless otherwise told. Install the theme nkj posted and youll understand. Only some themes change the complete look of firefox, other ones function just like any normal window would and is skinned by windows or windowblinds.

If you want to make firefox look like the screen shot for the LHA theme that matches the skin youre using, you're going to have to download the LHA dark visual style and apply it or use windowblinds and set a per application skin for firefox.exe.

thanks for all the great advice everyone, i understood what was going on once i installed that plastik theme, its all making alot more sense now hehe

umm... ye.. firefox is a native app like miranda for example! it takes on the appearance of whatever visual style you have running at present! i might use firefox if it had a slightly less-slow rendering engine and some real skins! (both of which opera have )

how about noia 2.0 (extreme)? .....