With Firefox 65, how do I have tabs placed below the address (URL) bar and not above?
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With Firefox 65, how do I have tabs placed below the address (URL) bar and not above?
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Users of previous versions of Firefox have found that if they had tabs below the address bar, the upgrade to version 65 broke that: tabs appear above the address bar.
userChrome.css code fix for normal browsing (See further down for code that works for both normal and Private browsing windows.)
For Firefox 65 users who prefer to have tabs appear below the address bar, the procedure is described in Forum Response - Tabs below the URL bar
with this caution:
On my system, this is the path to userChrome.css:
Both chrome and userChrome.css are case-sensitive.
The following lines needs to be placed in userChrome.css:
Save the file and restart Firefox.
Notes:
userChrome.css code fix for Private Browsing
I found a slightly longer userChrome.css code in Reposition Tabs at bottom, directly above web page in Firefox 65.0?. It requires some modification by the user but it works for both normal and Private Browsing windows:
Note the
px
value of29
in--tab-min-height: 29px !important
works for me. You will need to adjust that for your system in both the lines in which that appears.Other cautions as described above for normal browsing windows still need to be noted.
Firefox 65 with tabs below the address bar for normal and private windows: