diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.css b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1d783d4786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.css
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+window {
+	display: block;
+	width: 100%;
+	background-color: black;
+}
+
+tree {
+	display: table;
+	background-color: #000000;
+	border: none;
+	border-spacing: 0px;
+	//border-collapse: collapse;
+	width: 100%;
+}
+
+treeitem {
+	display: table-row;
+}
+
+treehead {
+	display: table-header-group;
+}
+
+treebody {
+	display: table-row-group;
+	
+}
+
+treecell {
+	display: table-cell;
+	color: white;
+	font-family: Verdana;
+	font-size: 10pt;
+}
+
+treehead treeitem treecell {
+	background-color: #a0a0a0;
+	border: thin black solid;
+	color: black;
+}
+
+icon {
+	display: list-item;
+	list-style-image: url(http://www.shadowland.org/client/images/ClosedRead.gif);
+}
+
+treecell[selected] {
+	background-color: #000080;
+}
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diff --git a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.xul b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.xul
index 45218f3d6c5..48e99a315dc 100644
--- a/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.xul
+++ b/mozilla/mailnews/ui/messenger/resources/threadPane.xul
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<?xml-stylesheet href="common.css" type="text/css"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="threadPane.css" type="text/css"?>
 
 <!DOCTYPE TreeView>