Firefox, show link URLs in status bar

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For web browsing I use Pale Moon. Pale Moon has a Status Bar, similar to what is now known as the Add-on Bar in Firefox.

With Pale Moon when I hover over a link

  • URL is shown in the status bar
  • URL is shown instantly
  • Entire width of status bar is allowed for URL, if necessary

With Firefox when I hover over a link

  • URL is shown in a tooltip in lower left corner
  • URL is shown after intentional delay
  • Only half the browser window width is allowed for URL

Is there a way to make Firefox behave more like Pale Moon? I realize Status-4-Evar might be the best solution here but I wish to see what, if any other options are out there. I will also accept well thought out and referenced answers as to why the Firefox way is "better".

Best Answer

Going in the same order as above...

Show the URL over the Add-on Bar:

  1. Using Stylish or userChrome.css, define the following CSS:

    statuspanel
{
    z-index: 1 !important;
    bottom: 1px !important;
}

toolbar#addon-bar
{
    z-index: 0 !important;
}

    before

With some extra tweaking, the final result can look like this (Windows 7):

after

label.statuspanel-label
{
    padding-top: 0 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0 !important;
    border: 0 !important;
    background-image: none !important;
    background-color: #cedaeb !important;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

Remove the delay and transition:

  1. Set the browser.overlink-delay preference in about:config to 0. Restart Firefox.

  2. Define the following CSS:

    statuspanel[type=overLink], statuspanel[inactive][previoustype=overLink]
{
    -moz-transition: none !important;
}

Allow URLs to span the whole width of the window:

  1. Define the following CSS:

    statuspanel
{
    max-width: 100% !important;
}

Bonus:

If you are going to use the Add-on Bar as a permanent fixture, you can hide it's close button with:

toolbarbutton#addonbar-closebutton
{
    display: none !important;
}

Copy & Paste

Here is the combined CSS, sans Windows 7 theme:

statuspanel
{
    z-index: 1 !important;
    bottom: 1px !important;
    max-width: 100% !important;
}

toolbar#addon-bar
{
    z-index: 0 !important;
}

statuspanel[type=overLink], statuspanel[inactive][previoustype=overLink]
{
    -moz-transition: none !important;
}

toolbarbutton#addonbar-closebutton
{
    display: none !important;
}
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