how to put tabs on bottom in ff 29.0

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Derek Shaw

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Posted April 29th, 2014, 5:55 pm

I found a work-around solution here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/986465

Chosen Solution

You can look at this extension:

Classic Theme Restorer: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addo ... erestorer/

It solved bot h problems by restoring the t abs to the bott om position that I had configured in my

previous version of FF, and also restored the grey background my bookmarks folders.

It's a shame that we have to resort to an add-on to restore a setting that's been in Firefox ever

since t he advent of the t abbed format. But I guess I have to be t hankful for whatever w orks.

By the w ay, it w ould be nice if the "Check for updates" butt on wo uld give users the option to say

either "yes" or "no" to a proposed update. T his morning I clicked t hat butt on thinking that the

word "check" meant that it w ould just check to see if there was an update and report back to me.

But instead it just went ahead and updated that comput er to ve rsion 29.0

And t hen short ly thereafter ano ther compu te r that I mistaken ly had set to automat ically update

suddenly turned up running 29. 0

I've since gone into options and turned off t hat automatic updates setting. And I'm making my

Firefox mantra from now on t o be: "Never 'che ck' for updates!"

Having the GUI change like that without warning is like waking up one morning to find that the

landlady has let herself into my apartment while I slept and taken the dishes and silverware from the

kitchen and hidden them in the attic. And taken my address book from my desk and buried it in a

flower pot out in the garden.

It would be nice if they could offer us a picture of how a new version will look before updating and

giving us the option to say "No, thanks." I realize that there are security reasons for updating

Firefox, but wouldn't it be more considerate of users' need s to separate t he GUI updates from the

security updates? I'm seve rely disabled by chronic illness and have great difficulty sitting up at my

computer for more than a few minutes at a time. My computer is my main lifeline to the outsideworld so I have to keep it working. And I struggle to just get through the most basic tasks of living

each day, and have precious litt le time or energy to spend trying to figure out how to undo

needless and confusing changes in my user interface.

But I suppose that this forum is not the appropriate place to offer my opinions about software

design

Will in Seattle

a.k.a. "C lueless"

Posted April 30th, 2014, 10:02 am

I found an Add-on

Tabs on Bottom 0.3

which is working for me but I agree this should be an Option within Firefox without having to resort

to an Add-on

Derek Shaw

Posted Ma y 4th, 2014, 4:57 am

Disappointed user here. Someone from MicroSoft must have be en involved be cause now FF bette r

knows what I want than I do. Sound familiar?

This worked for me. I cobbled it t oget her from various posts.

(1) Select Help->Troubleshooting Information

(2) For Profile Folder: push the [Show Folder] butt on

(3) Navigate into the chrome folder. If it is not already there, create a subdirectory called chrome

and navigate into it.(4) Edit or create the userChrome.css. Make sure these lines are in the file and save it.

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed

once */

#TabsToolbar{-moz-box-ordinal-group:10000!important}

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(5) Close all Firefox w indows and dialogs and restart Firefox.


jeffweaver25 wrote:

Disappointed user here. Someone from MicroSoft must have been involved because now FF better knows

what I want than I do. Sound familiar?

This worked for me. I cobbled it together from various posts.

(1) Select Help->Troubleshooting Information

(2) For Profile Folder: push the [Show Folder] button

(3) Navigate into the chrome folder. If it is not already there, create a subdirectory called chrome and

navigate into it.

(4) Edit or create the userChrome.css. Make sure these lines are in the file and save it.

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once

*/


(5) Close all Firefox windows and dialogs and restart Firefox.

Thank you Jeff.

What a DUMBA$$ move by t he FF developers. I'm about to the point of dropping FF altoget her.

Posted Ma y 4th, 2014, 1:56 pm

Try SeaMonkey. It is much bett er. It is not b eing gutted.


Clueless in Seattle wrote:

By the way, it would be nice if the "Check for updates" button would give users the option to say either

"yes" or "no" to a proposed update. This morning I clicked that but ton thinking that the word "check"

meant that it would just check to see if there was an update and report back to me. But instead it just

went ahead and updated that computer to version 29.0

And then shortly thereaf ter anothe r computer that I mistakenly had set to automatically update suddenly

turned up running 29.0

I've since gone into options and turned off that automatic updates setting. And I'm making my Firefox

mantra from now on to be: "Never 'check' for updates!"

Having the GUI change like that without warning is like waking up one morning to find tha t the landlady has

let herself into my apartment while I slept and taken the dishes and silverware from the kitchen and hidden

them in the attic. And taken my address book from my desk and buried it in a flower pot out in the garden.

You can avo id this in the future by gett ing the Add-on Check fo r Updates in Help Me nu. Let 's you

ust check w ithout updating. Firefox used to have this feature.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefo ... nu-update/


jeffweaver25 wrote:


That magic line put my tabs back directly at the top of the display area, i.e. below all the tool bars,

where I want t hem. T hank you kind sir.

Doug Wilson, "The Makai Guy"

WinXP SP 3 & Win7 Home Prem (64bit): FF 29.0.1, TB 24.5.0Android 4.1.2: FF 27.0, no TB dammit! What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away- Doobie B rothers


I didn't like at all the 'tabs on top' layout, always having had the tabs on bottom, so I checked to

see w hat I could do. So I downloaded 'Tabs on bot tom 0. 5' and installed it, and sure enough, it

shifted t he tabs to t he bot tom. But t here has appeared a blank bar above the tabs, and the top of

the web page almost completely obscures the tabs - I can see barely a sliver of the tab above the

page. So I disabled that and looked again, and found 'Classic theme restorer'. So I downloaded that

and hit the 'tabs on bot tom' opt ion, and bugger me exactly the same thing has happened - a blank


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bar has appeared above t he tabs bar, and the tabs are hidden be hind the top o f the window. Does

anyone know what I'm doing w rong? I'm using the Lava-Fox blue skin, but that's never bee n a

problem in the past. Where has this blank bar appeared from, and why? I should add that I'm not a

wizz with computer related stuff - I just use it, so suggestions like jeffweaver25's

"(1) Select Help->Troubleshooting Information

(2) For Profile Folder: push the [Show Folder] butt on

(3) Navigate into the chrome folder. If it is not already there, create a subdirectory called chrome

and navigate into it.

(4) Edit or create the userChrome.css. Make sure these lines are in the file and save it.

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed

once */

#TabsToolbar{-moz-box-ordinal-group:10000!important}"

go right over my head. It is probably the best solution, but I'm afraid I haven't got a clue what he

means.

Any he lp would be much appreciated. Meanw hile, I'll have t o go back t o ' tabs on top', wh ich I really

don't like.


nisakiman wrote:

But there has appeared a blank bar above the tabs, and the top of the web page almost completely

obscures the tabs - I can see barely a sliver of the t ab above the page.

First, try resetting the toolbar setup: right-click an empty area of the tab bar and choose Customize,

then click the Restore Defaults butt on.

If that doe sn't solve t he problem, it may be a the me issue. Open t he Add-ons Manager,

Appearance category. Next to the defau lt t heme, click the Enable but ton and restart Firefo x.

If there's no improvement, here are directions for the user style you're interested in:

1. Launch a text ed itor like Notepad and paste the follow ing in it:

CODE: SELECT ALL

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

#TabsToolbar { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 10000 !important }

2. Save the file as "userChrome.css"to the desktop. Be sure to include t he quot ation marks,

and note that the filename is case-sensitive: that's a lowercase uat t he beginning and a

capital C.

3. In Firefox, type about:supportinto the address bar and press Enter. On the page that

opens, click the Show Folder button.

4. In the Windows Explorer window t hat opened, right-click an empty area and choose New,

then Folder. Name the folder chrome note it's all lowercase.

5. Open the chromefolder and move t he userChrome.cssfile into it.

6. Restart Firefox for the changes to t ake effect.

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON


Many thanks for your very helpful reply. With your clear explanation, I was able to negotiate what

at first glance looked t o be a complex issue! Howe ver, I ended up w ith the exact same hidden t ab

situation, so reluctantly concluded that it must be the theme I was using that was causing the

problems. And sure enough, w hen I we nt back to the default t heme, all was well, and with the

tabs bar at the bott om too! It's a shame - I've been using the Lava-blue t heme for years, and was

very comfortable with it. Oh well, looks like it's time for change. I'm sure I'll find another theme that

I like.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to talk me through the modification. I really do appreciate it.


nisakiman wrote:

Many thanks for your v ery helpful reply.

You' re quite we lcome.

nisakiman wrote:

It's a shame - I've been using the Lava-blue theme for years, and was very comfortable with it.

What version are you using? Version 2.2.1 was apparently made available as an update yesterday. If

that doe sn't solve the problem, you can try version 2.2.2 which hasn't be en reviewed yet .

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lavafox-v1-blue/versions/

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON


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