Move the Progress Bar to the Tabs in Firefox

Do you like having the Progress Bar to monitor webpage loading but prefer to keep the Status Bar hidden? Now you can easily move the Progress Bar to your tabs with the Tab Progress Bar extension.

Before

Here is the “Progress Bar” showing in the “Status Bar” while a webpage is loading…nice if you like having the “Status Bar” displayed. But what if you prefer to have the “Status Bar” hidden?

After

Once you have installed the extension, the “Progress Bar” will display on any tabs that are currently loading leaving you free to completely hide the “Status Bar” if you desire.

Note: There are no options to have to worry with for this extension…just install and go.

Conclusion

If you are looking for a way to move Status Bar functionality to your tabs, then the Tab Progress Bar extension will make a nice addition to your Firefox Browser. If you want to hide the Status Bar until you need it, check out our article on how to Auto-Hide the Status Bar in Firefox.

Links

Download the Tab Progress Bar extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

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This article was originally written on 11/6/09 Tagged with: Firefox

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Comments (5)

1. November 6, 2009 2:00 am
   Vadersapien

   Lol I just installed this addon l5 minutes ago…and then I find this article! It’s a great addon and is even better with the “Fission” addon installed (Which displays progress in URL bar as well)…

   I currently use both these addons with the Strata40 theme so Firefox (Namaroka in my case) looks just like the 3.7/4.0 mockups! (Mockups have progress line on tabs)

2. November 6, 2009 2:37 am
   nate_rio

   Tab Mix Plus has an option to show loading progress in the tabs in its options menu in the “Tab” tab under “Display”. It also does a WHOLE bunch of other very useful things.

3. November 6, 2009 11:16 am
   ali jamshaid

   can v do the same thing with google chrome ?

4. November 6, 2009 8:17 pm
   Asian Angel

   @ali jamshaid – Not at the moment…I have not heard of anyone fixing an extension like this for Chrome yet. But there are two groups that I keep watching for new Chrome extensions and sooner or later I imagine one of them will find a way to do it. ^__^

5. November 8, 2009 11:08 am
   adarsh

   You people should check out Fission. It combines address bar and progress bar – Safari style http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html