Where are the UI customizations stored?

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avada
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Where are the UI customizations stored?

Post by avada »

Hi!

It used to localstore.rdf, which was replaced by xulstore.json. But when I delete the latter, all the buttons remain on toolbars. Only the visibility of the different toolbars and the bookmark sidebar are reset. What gives?
Where is this configuration stored now?
morat
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Re: Where are the UI customizations stored?

Post by morat »

I think you need to reset the browser.uiCustomization.state pref and restart.

More info: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=2904815 (see patrickjdempsey's posts)
avada
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Re: Where are the UI customizations stored?

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morat wrote:I think you need to reset the browser.uiCustomization.state pref and restart.

More info: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=2904815 (see patrickjdempsey's posts)
Thanks, though curiously, still not enough. (also deleted xulstore.json at the same time.)
All the buttons, elements remain on the menubar and tabbar. Xulstore and still get refilled with the old stuff somehow.
Brummelchen
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Re: Where are the UI customizations stored?

Post by Brummelchen »

where is the problem to reset it with firefox optoin? customize -> reset (lower right)
hey, its only buttons...
morat
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Re: Where are the UI customizations stored?

Post by morat »

avada wrote:still not enough
I can reset the toolbars without using the customize UI.

* exit app
* delete xulstore.json file
* delete browser.uiCustomization.state pref value in prefs.js file

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user_pref("browser.uiCustomization.state", "");
* start app
avada
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Re: Where are the UI customizations stored?

Post by avada »

morat wrote:
avada wrote:still not enough
I can reset the toolbars without using the customize UI.

* exit app
* delete xulstore.json file
* delete browser.uiCustomization.state pref value in prefs.js file

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user_pref("browser.uiCustomization.state", "");
* start app
That's what I did eventually. At first I just tried deleting in in about config to no avail.
avada
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Re: Where are the UI customizations stored?

Post by avada »

Brummelchen wrote:where is the problem to reset it with firefox optoin? customize -> reset (lower right)
hey, its only buttons...
My thinking is, that if something's corrupted, built in features might not restore it to default state.
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