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tabs in new version of Firefox

f106b
f106b
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Is there a way to use Firefox without a tab bar or any tabs showing? In the past it has been possible to do something like untabbed browsing and maybe have several windows on the task bar but no tabs. the new tabs and their bar are pretty large and take up alot of space on the screen, I've tried several "themes" and none seem to restore the utility of the older view. Thanks.

Is there a way to use Firefox without a tab bar or any tabs showing? In the past it has been possible to do something like untabbed browsing and maybe have several windows on the task bar but no tabs. the new tabs and their bar are pretty large and take up alot of space on the screen, I've tried several "themes" and none seem to restore the utility of the older view. Thanks.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi f106b, there's no built-in setting for that, unfortunately. (There's used to be "hide the tab bar when there's only one tab".)

Since Firefox 57, add-ons are no longer allowed to make major changes to the toolbar area, so users have been improvising with a userChrome.css (custom style rules) file. Have you been doing that, or it wasn't urgent until now because the tab row got taller?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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It is possible to make the top area more "compact" vertically, so maybe that will help in the meantime: Compact mode workaround in Firefox.