Instructions
- Click the ' Tools ' menu or press ' Alt' + 'T '.
- Click ' Options ' or press ' O ' to display the ' Options ' dialog box
- Click the ' Content ' tab or use the arrow keys until it is highlighted (in blue).
- Click on ' Colours ' or press ' Alt ' + 'C' to open the ' Colours ' dialog box
-
To
use your Windows colour scheme settings in
Firefox click on the '
Use system colors ' checkbox,
or press '
Alt' + 'S' to
select it, as highlighted in
Fig 2 above.
- Next click on 'Allow pages select their own colours, instead of my selections above ' or press 'Alt' + 'A' to deselect it.
- Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the options dialog box.
- Click the ' OK ' button, or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is selected and press ' Enter ' , to return to Firefox.
Alternatively to set text and background colours just for Firefox:
-
Make
sure the '
Use system colors ' checkbox is
unchecked by clicking on it if selected or press
'
Alt' + 'S' to
deselect it if it is selected
- For your text colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Text': heading and click on the colour you want to use, or press ' Alt' + 'T ' to jump to the text colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours and then press ' Enter ' to chose the highlighted colour
- For your background colour, click the colour swatch next to the ' Background: ' heading and click on the colour you want to use, or press ' Alt ' + ' B ' to jump to the background colour palette and use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours and then press ' Enter ' to choose the highlighted colour.
- Next click on 'Allow pages select their own colours, instead of my selections above ' or press 'Alt ' + 'A' to deselect it.
- Click ' OK ' or press ' Enter ' to return to the options dialog box.
- Click the ' OK ' button, or press ' Tab ' until the ' OK ' button is selected and press ' Enter ' , to return to Firefox.
- Click on the ' Reload current page ' button on the Navigation toolbar or press ' Ctrl ' + ' R ' to reload the page with your colour settings.
Note: If this does not work it could be because your computer settings cannot be changed due to local IT policies - contact your local IT support for further help.
