Changing colours in Firefox

1. Click the ' Firefox ' menu with the mouse or press ' Ctrl ' + ' F2 ' to highlight the menu bar and then press the right arrow to highlight the ' Firefox ' menu .
2. Click on ' Preferences' or press the down arrow to highlight ' Preferences ' and then press ' Enter '. See Fig 1 below.

Fig 1

1. Make sure the ' General ' tab is selected, if not click on it ( no keyboard shortcut ).
2. Click on ' Fonts and colours ' as shown in fig 2 ( no keyboard shortcut ).

Fig 2

1. Choose to have your Mac OS colour scheme settings by clicking on the ' Use system colors ' checkbox to select it (no keyboard shortcut).
2. Next click on ' Always use my: Colors ' checkbox as shown in Fig 3 (no keyboard shortcut).
3. Click the ' OK ' button or press ' Enter ' twice to return to Firefox.

Fig 3

On a Mac you have limited options to change you OS colour scheme so you are more likely to need to set text and background colours just for Firefox. To do this:

1. Follow steps 1-4 above.
2. Make sure the ' Use system colors ' checkbox is unchecked by clicking on it (no keyboard shortcut).
3. For your text colour, click the box next to the ' Text': heading or press ' Tab ' to jump to it and press the ' Spacebar ' to bring up the colour swatch as shown in Fig 4 below.
4. Click on the text colour you want, or use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours, when the colour you want is highlighted press ' Enter '.

Fig 4

1. Next click on ' Always use my: Colors ' checkbox to select it as shown in Fig 3 above (no keyboard shortcut).
2. If you do not need to change the ' Background ' colour or ' Link colors ' , to return to Firefox click the ' OK ' button twice or press ' Enter ' twice and ignore the rest of these steps but make sure you click on the ' Reload current page ' button on the Navigation toolbar or press ' Apple' + ' R ' .
3. For your background colour click the box next to the ' Background': heading or press ' Tab ' to jump to it and press the ' Spacebar ' to bring up the colour swatch as shown in Fig 4 above.
4. Click on the background colour you want, or use the cursor keys to browse the list of colours, when the colour you want is highlighted press ' Enter '.
5. Next, If it is not already selected click on ' Always use my: Colors ' checkbox to select it as shown in Fig 3 above (no keyboard shortcut).
6. For the ' Link Colors' follow the steps above but choose the 'Unvisited Links' and 'Visited Links' boxes.
7. To return to Firefox click the ' OK ' button twice or press ' Enter ' twice.
8. Finally click on the ' Reload current page ' button on the Navigation toolbar or press ' Apple ' + ' 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.