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My issue is that you can’t disable the default tab bar, so you end up wasting a lot of space by rendering each tab twice. It also makes the habit (of using the

My issue is that you can’t disable the default tab bar, so you end up wasting a lot of space by rendering each tab twice. It also makes the habit (of using the default horizontal tabs) a tough one to break.

joseluis 6y ago
You can hide the tab bar with css: https://superuser.com/questions/1268732/how-to-hide-tab-bar-tabstrip-in-firefox-57-quantum https://superuser.com/questions/1268732/how-to-hide-tab-bar-...
throwaway8941 6y ago
Of course you can. about:profiles root directory → open directory create a new file `chrome/userChrome.css` and put this into it: #main-window[tabsintitlebar="true"]:not([extradragspace="true"]) #TabsToolbar > .toolbar-items { opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; } #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar="true"]) #TabsToolbar { visibility: collapse !important; } #sidebar-header { display: none; } toolbarbutton#alltabs-button { -moz-binding: 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} restart the browser It also removes some other junk like the new tab button.
- donclark 6y ago
  That didnt change anything in my Firefox 76.0.1 on Mac 10.14.6. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Didnt work for my Chrome either (83.0.4103.61) This site can’t be reached. The webpage at chrome://profiles/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_INVALID_URL
  - sharps1 6y ago
    set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in about:config and restart firefox which can be done from about:profiles by clicking restart normally
- sharps1 6y ago
  Thanks this is very useful! Note: To enable userChrome reading, set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in about:config
  - donclark 6y ago
    Thank you for the update on the instructions, but its still not working in Firefox. Anything else I can try or need to do?
abyssin 6y ago
You can do it, but I wish there was an easy way to sync the hacky configuration between computers.
ttsda 6y ago
Here's the official wiki page for style hacks: https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/wiki/Code-snippets-for-custom-style-rules#hide-horizontal-tabs-at-the-top-of-the-window-1349-1672-2147 https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/wiki/Code-snippets-fo... You can hide the tab bar, the sidebar header, and change a whole lot more things with custom styles.

joseluis 6y ago

You can hide the tab bar with css: https://superuser.com/questions/1268732/how-to-hide-tab-bar-tabstrip-in-firefox-57-quantum https://superuser.com/questions/1268732/how-to-hide-tab-bar-...

throwaway8941 6y ago

Of course you can. about:profiles root directory → open directory create a new file `chrome/userChrome.css` and put this into it: #main-window[tabsintitlebar="true"]:not([extradragspace="true"]) #TabsToolbar > .toolbar-items { opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; } #main-window:not([tabsintitlebar="true"]) #TabsToolbar { visibility: collapse !important; } #sidebar-header { display: none; } toolbarbutton#alltabs-button { -moz-binding: 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} restart the browser It also removes some other junk like the new tab button.

donclark 6y ago
That didnt change anything in my Firefox 76.0.1 on Mac 10.14.6. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Didnt work for my Chrome either (83.0.4103.61) This site can’t be reached. The webpage at chrome://profiles/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_INVALID_URL
- sharps1 6y ago
  set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in about:config and restart firefox which can be done from about:profiles by clicking restart normally
sharps1 6y ago
Thanks this is very useful! Note: To enable userChrome reading, set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true in about:config
- donclark 6y ago
  Thank you for the update on the instructions, but its still not working in Firefox. Anything else I can try or need to do?

abyssin 6y ago

You can do it, but I wish there was an easy way to sync the hacky configuration between computers.

ttsda 6y ago

Here's the official wiki page for style hacks: https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/wiki/Code-snippets-for-custom-style-rules#hide-horizontal-tabs-at-the-top-of-the-window-1349-1672-2147 https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/wiki/Code-snippets-fo... You can hide the tab bar, the sidebar header, and change a whole lot more things with custom styles.