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Show Firefox tabs below the address bar
1st step:
2nd step:
3rd step:
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6th step:
Code for the userChrome.css file
quick start Guide

Would you prefer to see the tabs open in Firefox below the address bar? It's easy to do with this trick..

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In the past, the tabs in Mozilla Firefox were always displayed below the address bar and toolbar. However, that changed with an update a few years ago. When opening a new tab, it is always displayed at the top of the browser. If you liked the old view better, that's no problem: with a few clicks you can pin the tabs at the bottom.

Show Firefox tabs below the address bar

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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Use the key combination [Windows] + [R] to open the Run window and enter " % appdata% " (without quotation marks).

2nd step:

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Then open the " Mozilla " folder , then " Firefox " and then " Profiles ". As a rule, there is only one additional single folder with a somewhat cryptic name. This is the profile that Firefox created for you. Open this folder as well. If there is already a " chrome " folder there, open it. Otherwise, simply create a folder with this name by right-clicking and then " New " and " Folder ".

3rd step:

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If there is a file called " userChrome.css " in the " chrome " folder , open it for editing. Otherwise, you'll have to create them. To do this, check the " View " tab for " File name extension ". Then right-click " New " and create a " text file ". Delete the complete name including the ending .txt and replace it with " userChrome.css ".

4th step:

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Then enter the code shown in the next section . It is designed for the current Firefox version (version 90) using Windows 10. Save the file after editing. You can then close it.

5th step:

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Then you have to open Firefox and enter " about: config " in the address line. You may still need to confirm that you really want to access these settings. You will find the option " toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets " in the settings. You may have to search for this option first because it is not displayed directly. Then set it to " true " by clicking the arrow symbol on the right.

6th step:

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Now all you have to do is restart Firefox completely . The tabs will then be displayed again below the address bar.

Code for the userChrome.css file

#TabsToolbar {
position: absolute;
display: block;
bottom: 0;
width: 100vw;
background-clip: padding-box;
color: var(--toolbar-color);
}
#tabbrowser-tabs {
width: 100vw;
}
#navigator-toolbox {
position: relative;
padding-bottom: calc( var(--tab-min-height) + 8px );
}
#main-window[tabsintitlebar][sizemode="maximized"]:not([inDOMFullscreen="true"]) #titlebar {
height: 36px;
}
.titlebar-buttonbox-container {
position: fixed;
right: 0;
visibility: visible;
display: block;
}
#TabsToolbar .titlebar-buttonbox-container,
#TabsToolbar #window-controls {
display: none;
}

quick start Guide

  1. Go to the following file path to " C: \ Users \ {username} \ AppData \ Roaming \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles \ [profile folder] ".
  2. In your profile folder there should be a " chrome " folder with a file called " userChrome.css ". If not, create both. Then open it for editing and copy and paste the code above .
  3. After saving the file, you now have to change a setting in Firefox itself. To do this, call up the appropriate settings by entering " about: config " in the address line.
  4. Set the option " toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets " to " true " and restart Firefox. Your tabs will then be displayed again below.

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