Comments on: Conserve Space in Firefox by Combining Toolbars

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:19:02 +0000

Thank you, I too use a netbook for a good portion of the day and although I did use some of these methods the other ones suggested helped things get under control especially the combine toolbars trick.I now have roboform and stumble upon combined with the address bar and the file menu hidden, this reclaims a good 1/2 an inch or more of screen realestate and on a netbook that makes a HUGE difference…and everything is still there and easily accessible.

Thanks again!

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:50:31 +0000

wow, this guide is a life-saver because I have a netbook so browser real-estate is extremely precious! thanks a bunch!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:52:25 +0000

Firefox addon ‘Toolbar Buttons’ provides a button that toggles the menubar on/off. Just remember to put it on another toolbar

By: baiguai

baiguai — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:19:54 +0000

Vimperator for Chrome (well, Chrome for Ubuntu) *could* convert me.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:42:34 +0000

Thanks for that tip. I was using up so much space on my Firefox toolbars that I had lost 1/5th of my web browsing screen. Now I can “see” again! Thanks…

By: Halo 3 Addict

Halo 3 Addict — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:35:01 +0000

Thanks a lot for this idea!

Since the release of Google Chrome I�ve been looking for a way to re-consolidate user space in Firefox the same way as it�s done in G.Chrome.

Regards,
Dave

By: Nobody

Nobody — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:54:02 +0000

Thanks a lot to Joe and Ian Valencia for pointing to TinyMenu and Sam Switzer for teaching about keyword searches (I can’t believe I ignored this feature for that long). Great comments.

The only relevant addons I can recommend are the one that adds a Restart Firefox menu/button (QuickRestart, http://addons.mozilla.org/en-U.....ddon/3559) and the one that allows to remove and rearrange menu items (Menu Editor, http://addons.mozilla.org/en-U.....ddon/710).

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:03:53 +0000

Personal menu extension not yet compatible wiv Firefox 3 rc1

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:45:12 +0000

Thanks for this.
The “customize” option is faded out and I can’t click it (when I right-click the menu bar.
Any ideas?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:55:05 +0000

There’s also a userChrome.css tweak that you can use that will combine the reload and stop buttons so they’re only available when they can actually be used. (IE if the page is loading, the reload button turns into a stop loading button, and if the page is already fully loaded, the stop loading button turns into a reload page button). It’s really handy for keeping the functionality of both buttons, but also saving up space.

Here’s the code, just place it in your userChrome.css file if you want to use it:

/* Merge Firefox Reload and Stop, NOTE: Stop button must be placed before Reload button */

#stop-button[disabled] { display: none;}

#stop-button:not([disabled]) + #reload-button {
display: none;
}