Q: How can change the Gmail look?

A:

The best way is to use one of the many Gmail Themes. Just go to Gmail > Settings > Themes and choose a new theme.

If you like to fine tune Gmail's apperance, you can do this by using the Tweak UI settings.

All options to change how Gmail presents itself can be customized in Preferences->Tweak UI. The Use custom stylesheet setting allows you to change every aspect of Gmail by specifying a CSS file.

You may find user contributed CSS files at the mailplaneapp Google group pages section.

A few tips, if you like to write your own CSS file:
  • Visit this wikipedia page
  • Test and tweak the examples at the mailplaneapp Google group
  • Right click any element in Mailplane and then select "Inspect element" to show the HTML code for the element.

Important: A custom CSS file needs to be tweaked every time Gmail gets updated!

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