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OGTiago
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Firefox: userChrome.css

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I kinda know userChrome.css (whatever that is) changes some things about the browser, but im not sure.

i kno it can make this:
[quote=ORIGINAL LOOK]Image[/quote]
looks like this:

[quote=SAME THEME BUT IT LOOKS NICER]Image[/quote]
anyone know how to do it? Thanks :D
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Post by petersjm »

Yes, userChrome.css is simply a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) file that can modify the appearance of Firefox. See here for tips and tricks to modify it:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips
Note, userChrome.css does not exist by default, so you'd have to create it yourself.
Firefox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7
Thunderbird: version 1.5.0.7 (20060909)
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i've got my code thingy from the link u gave me, now, where do i create the userchrome.css file?
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Post by cor99 »

UserChrome.css is in the chrome folder in the profile folder: Profile Folder
(it is not in the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile\ folder)
C:\Documents and Settings\*window user*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*xxxxxxxx.default*\chrome (Application Data is a hidden folder)
You will find the userChrome-example.css file there.
You can rename that file to userChrome.css and edit the content with a plain text editor like Notepad.
If you use another editor then make sure that you do not save the file formatted (eg. rtf or unicode).

There are many examples in this long thread: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=244616

You can also look here: http://userstyles.org/
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Post by OGTiago »

ok, i dont that, put a code i found but nothing changed :S

i want to make it look like the second pic above ^

this is what it says where the pic is:

"Small icons plus the userChrome options for Silver Gradient background, Stylized Address/Search Bars, plus more. (You can change the throbber image with a userChrome option - see my site for details.)"

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1905/previews/



but i dont know how to do that :(
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how is explained on the authors site here:
http://www.tom-cat.com/mozilla/firefox/ ... background
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Post by cor99 »

You can use Chrome Edit Plus to edit: http://webdesigns.ms11.net/chromeditp.html
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