Shrink the Toolbars to one line

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » June 2nd, 2004, 5:15 pm

There is one feature Firefox lacks that prevents it from becoming my default browser, and that is the ability to shrink the toolbars at the top down to one bar with the controls I want in that bar, the address, and the trio of minimise/resize/close.
I could care less about themes and how the buttons look -- I want the crap at the top at a minimum.

Love the tabbed browsing -- just learning how to use it.

Sydbebad · Post by **Sydbebad** » June 2nd, 2004, 5:18 pm

You can get everything down to one bar by right clicking the bar are customizing it, however you can not get the trio of minimise/resize/close on the same bar. Just use F11 for full screen mode.

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » June 2nd, 2004, 5:26 pm

Thanks. I dragged and dropped the icons, address, and Google to the bar above then deleted the address bar.

quote:
however you can not get the trio of minimise/resize/close on the same bar.

Exactly. As I said, until that happens, it won't be my default browser. There is space. I use Google as a homepage. Get rid of that bar and I have space for the trio.

avih · Post by **avih** » June 2nd, 2004, 5:41 pm

danceman, that's ok, you don't have to use firefox as your default browser. i wish you good luck with your current other browser default.

Sydbebad · Post by **Sydbebad** » June 2nd, 2004, 5:43 pm

DanceMan,
If I may ask what is your defualt browser?

Thumper's Evil Twin · Post by **Thumper's Evil Twin** » June 2nd, 2004, 5:47 pm

For the record, Firefox controls its own title bar, so if you got someone like clav or cdn to have a look at it there's a possibility an extension could be drummed up / modified to allow widgets to be placed directly on the title bar.

- Chris

Post by **BenBasson** » June 2nd, 2004, 6:14 pm

That, or the title bar could be hidden (already done in an extension somewhere) and spoofed elsewhere.

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » June 2nd, 2004, 6:31 pm

UnScripted wrote:DanceMan,
If I may ask what is your defualt browser?

IE6, always used with the toolbar minimised to one thin line.

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » June 2nd, 2004, 6:37 pm

Cusser wrote:That, or the title bar could be hidden (already done in an extension somewhere) and spoofed elsewhere.

Spoofed = dulicated?

I realise if I use F11 I can go completely fullscreen, but I don't have dedicated browser buttons on my keyboards and not all my mice have extra buttons I can dedicate to browser functions. That's why I leave one line of the browser. I know I'm not the only person who does this; I see computers in this mode at work.

Thumper's Evil Twin · Post by **Thumper's Evil Twin** » June 2nd, 2004, 7:16 pm

DanceMan wrote:I see computers in this mode at work.

Are they by any chance called "Macintoshes"? What you're asking for is very unusual on Windows, which is why it isn't built into Firefox.

- Chris

Post by **BenBasson** » June 2nd, 2004, 7:19 pm

Spoofed = dulicated?

Well, I suspect doing *exactly* what you want would be pretty difficult, but it would be significantly easier to create a pretend title bar and simply copy any useful data from one to the other as required.

Sydbebad · Post by **Sydbebad** » June 2nd, 2004, 7:25 pm

In IE if you go full screen the trio of minimise/resize/close are still available.

DanceMan · Post by **DanceMan** » June 2nd, 2004, 8:13 pm

Thumper wrote:
DanceMan wrote:I see computers in this mode at work.

Are they by any chance called "Macintoshes"? What you're asking for is very unusual on Windows, which is why it isn't built into Firefox.

- Chris

Nope, pc's. And seems not uncommon on them.

Post by **kstahl** » June 3rd, 2004, 3:45 am

I've never heard of anything like that. Could you perhaps post a screenshot?

Ashamanic · Post by **Ashamanic** » June 3rd, 2004, 8:04 am

How do you do that in IE? I couldn't even move the icons around, let alone put them in the titlebar (on IE6)