Highlight active tab with latest version please?

[RobertJ]

Awww thanks folks *blush*

Frank Lion - I followed that link and have had fun altering things thanks to you but, unfortunately the location bar one only affects the address bar bit. So, more exploring needed

Location bar = address bar

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[madmudmob]

My mistake then. I've been trying to narrow the height of the whole bar where the url box thingy (address bar?) is plus other buttons like bookmark, back, forward etc.

[RobertJ]

My mistake then. I've been trying to narrow the height of the whole bar where the url box thingy (address bar?) is plus other buttons like bookmark, back, forward etc.

Toolbar.

If Frank returns he may have some CSS to compress it; but, it make cause distortion issues.

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[madmudmob]

Thankyou. now I know the correct name I stand a better chance.

[madmudmob]

Have been having a great time altering stuff but am still stuck trying to ....
~ reduce the height of the navigation bar
~ the fact that the Back button has a white circle around it but the Forward doesn't frustrates me. Wouldn't mind it there was a circle or not as long as they matched lol
~ see off this fading of tabs if many are open.


I have managed to play around and ...
~ change the colour of the active tab thanks to Frank Lion
~ make the actual frame around the url bar have curved edges
~ found a way to change it from white to the colour of the rest of the bar
~ move the star to the right hand edge of the url bar
~ hide the toolbar borders

Came across this and thought I'd run it past you before delving in if you think it's safe? ....
http://techdows.com/2017/09/classic-the ... on-ui.html

so, all in all, am feeling just a teeny bit smug

[smsmith]

If you want a more compact look, right click the toolbar, choose Customize. In the customization tab, look near the center bottom of the tab for "Density". Try the "compact" option and see if that gets you where you want to be.

[madmudmob]

Thanks, smsmith, that does look much better. All the fuss I made and it was so easy when you know how *blush*

One more customisation ticked off my list

[madmudmob]

Well, how gutted am I?! Gone all gone!

All was wonderful when I shut down my pc last night, I was so chuffed, but when I started it this morning all the lovely customisations had gone.

They were still there written in the file in Chrome but just plain didn't work.

I deleted Chrome and the zip file it came in, cleaned (even did a disk cleanup from the right click menu of the pc's main background page) and restarted the pc then used Frank Lion's lovely link to make a new Chrome. But, when I put the customisations in again they still didn't work.

All that fun/work gone .... anyone kindly advise me pretty please?

[LIMPET235]

Hi MMM,
You don't use any kind of "cleaner", such as CCleaner do you?

[madmudmob]

Yes I do but as soon as I installed it years ago I unticked anything allowing it access to Firefox or Thunderbird .... that was after advice I read here

The other 'thing' I have is BullGuard which does an automatic cleaner but it was installed and pretty much left to get on with it using it's default settings.

I have tried three or four times since deleting and going through the whole process of then creating the Chrome from Frank Lion's link but no joy.

[Frank Lion]

I have tried three or four times since deleting and going through the whole process of then creating the Chrome from Frank Lion's link but no joy.

#1. How are you restarting Firefox?
#2. Do you have a folder on your Desktop called Firefox?
#3. How are you finding your profile in which you're putting the .zip into?

I'm busy today, but Limpet and others will get the gist of what I'm thinking with those questions and will sort it out for you.

[madmudmob]

Firstly - sorry, I should have added that I get the same result using my second ("Test") profile.

I am restarting Firefox using this link:
about:profiles
but can't seem to make it show as a link here, sorry, but I dud copy then paste what it said in the address bar

I don't have a Firefox folder on my desktop as such - I have an icon in the bottom bar (think it is called the Taskbar) and have added it to the menu that pops up when I click on Start

I am finding my profile folder by following this path ...
Help/Troubleshooting?/Profile Folder: Open Folder
and then closing Firefox with the link I gave above

[therube]

Are your Preferences being saved?

Does the /chrome/ folder exist in your Profile?
Does it contain the userContent.css &/or userChrome.css files?
Do those file contain the expected code?
Are you actually opening the Profile you are expecting?

Are you starting FF in Safe Mode (which bypasses the above .css files)?

[madmudmob]

Okay, yes each time I try (after deleting the Chrome file and restarting my pc) the userContent.css &/or userChrome.css files are there and I paste in the Active Tab 'style' from Frank Lion. I have tried putting it directly under the top line that Frank Lion has put in there and leaving a few lines space before pasting it in.

I have tried with both profiles and made a note of which one I am using that time.

Off to read that link right now.

I am so grateful for the time you lot take to help me!

[LIMPET235]

Hang on a min...
You said that you're deleting the chrome folder but the userContent.css & userChrome.css are still there after a re-start?

Try creating a brand new Profile.
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_ne ... on_Windows

There will not/should not, be a chrome folder visible.
You have to create it....then add your codes.
ref; > http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css
& > http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css
Note: The first line...