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Why are the Back and Forward arrows gone?

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In Firefox 4 the most irritating change is getting rid of the buttons for Back and Forward. Others have complained, correctly I think, about the Refresh/Reload icon gone, the Stop button gone. But I really MISS the arrows. I also didn't like having text and icons together in the menu bar, but I figured out how to change them.

So... How do I get rid of the words Back and Forward and get the arrow buttons back?

In Firefox 4 the most irritating change is getting rid of the buttons for Back and Forward. Others have complained, correctly I think, about the Refresh/Reload icon gone, the Stop button gone. But I really MISS the arrows. I also didn't like having text and icons together in the menu bar, but I figured out how to change them. So... How do I get rid of the words Back and Forward and get the arrow buttons back?

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Make sure that the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible: "View > Toolbars"

  • If items are missing then open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"
  • If a missing item is in the toolbar palette then drag it back from the Customize window on the toolbar
  • If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up.

See also:

The Navigation Toolbar and Bookmarks Toolbar are checked and are visible. If you go to View > Toolbars > Customize there are no buttons in the palette for Back, Forward, Stop, Reload. None of the palette buttons are shown in color in the palette. I tried to add the activity indicator, the windmill icon, but it disappears. Also: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization appears to be for a pc, not a mac system.

"Back and forward or other toolbar buttons are missing" is a blank dialog box, and "Navigation Toolbar items" is not helpful. Below is the picture of the toolbar palette. Note the lack of arrows < and >, and the lack of color.

If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up.

If the above steps didn't help then see: