Firefox... taming the beast !

Ghot said:

Firefox... taming the beast! Post #231

Thanks, Ghot.

What's this GitHub version I see mentioned?

Ghot said:

I don't either. I don't code in CSS.
The Chrome folder and it's userChrome.css folder is just a tool without a GUI.
I didn't design it or anything... I just use it.
I just enable or disable the lines that already exist.

I know @EdKiefer knows more that I do about this. He either codes in CSS or has a different source than I do.

Hi Ghot, I really don't know that much, just enough to get into trouble :).
Your explaination of userchrome.css is good, I couldn't explain it better. I don't code in css I only been playing with his project for a yr now or so and I can modify some things to a custom values but I need the basic data first.

I can only give some tips from reading some posts here.
If anyone has problems with his work (option not working) there a few things to look at.

1) make sure you have extracted all folder and files into a Chrome folder you made after your profile folder (here is my path)
"C:\Users\[user-name]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxl.default\chrome".
2) Next if you had is files working and then a new version doesn't go into chrome folder and delete all of it, don't just copy over as some files get renamed and could cause problems.

3) If you are editing the userchrome.css double-check all switches are either starting with "/* @import" or "@import" , it is very important it is either or as an error can cause all switches after the error to not get read.

4) Another thing that can help narrow down issues is turn off all switches but the one you know you want, what that is doing is focusing on just one file to get loaded , that can help and last post any issues or at least look to see if others report the same thing as your problem here
GENERAL discussion, feedback, questions belong here! (v13) . Issue #404 . Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx . GitHub

With this new version he is starting fresh so to speak so there maybe issues in there especially with switches that aren't default on. I haven't had anything major with his default settings.
The great thing about Aris-t2 project is it is very flexible, you can tweak almost anything and yes when first looking at all the switches in there it can be a overload but focus on one at a time and try not to do to many changes at once.

I wish I knew more on code side but I don't. The other thing it all should get worked out in short order, he is updating very frequently.

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Stigg said:

Thanks, Ghot.

What's this GitHub version I see mentioned?

He is updating fast, that is the latest version and the one I would use for FF 91.
He just posted that version few hours ago.

das10 said:

@lafargeotte

I don't know much about editing CSS files (I usually experiment with single lines of codes to see what effect they have etc.), but using some of your sample code and changing/replacing the bit shown on your bugzilla site/page I get the following color - I think it still needs some more alterations, but it's getting complicated with all the changes with the advancing Updates.

So just using this code in total in userChrome.CSS

Code:

/*tighten drop down menus*/
menupopup > menuitem, menupopup > menu {
  padding-block: 1px !important;
}
:root {
  --arrowpanel-menuitem-padding: 1px 1px !important;
}

/*  changed  this block       ----------------------------------------------------*/
/*  #bookmarksMenuPopup hbox {background: #87CEFA !important;}         */
/*  /Change highlighted menu text to any color:/                                             */
/*  menupopup > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"],                                                */
/*  menupopup > menuitem[_moz-menuactive="true"],                                            */
/*  popup > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"],                                                    */
/*  browsermessage,notification .notification-inner{ border-color: red !important;}          */
/*  browsermessage, notification{ background-color: red !important;}                         */
/*  menupopup {                                                                              */
/*  -moz-appearance: none !important;                                                        */
/*  background-color: #87CEFA !important }                                                   */

#bookmarksMenuPopup { --panel-background: #87CEFA !important;}
menupopup > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"],
menupopup > menuitem[_moz-menuactive="true"],
popup > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"],
browsermessage,notification .notification-inner{ border-color: red !important;}
browsermessage, notification{ --panel-background: red !important;}
menupopup {-moz-appearance: none !important; --panel-background: #87CEFA !important }

Fantastic, it works, thank you so much.

So my last question - How do you remove the 'Other Bookmarks' folder?

@lafargeotte
This should work

/* other bookmarks */
#menu_unsortedBookmarks,
#menu_mobileBookmarks,
#bookmarksMenuItemsSeparator{
display: none !important;
}

PS: That is not my work, That is a option in Aris-t2 ver4.0.x userChrome.css file
@import "./css/generalui/menubar_bookmarks_popup_other_item_hidden.css"; /**/

Adding that code to your userchrome.css "should" work, it works with his full project.

The code shown by EdKeifer does the job of removing the "Other Bookmarks" item from the menu.
I was about to suggest this page for a few other bookmark settings :
Can I move or remove "Show All Bookmarks-BookmarksToolbar-EditThisBookmark-Suscribe to This Bookmark-UnsortedBookmarks", which I never use? | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support

EdKiefer said:

@lafargeotte
This should work

/* other bookmarks */
#menu_unsortedBookmarks,
#menu_mobileBookmarks,
#bookmarksMenuItemsSeparator{
display: none !important;
}

PS: That is not my work, That is a option in Aris-t2 ver4.0.x userChrome.css file
@import "./css/generalui/menubar_bookmarks_popup_other_item_hidden.css"; /**/

Adding that code to your userchrome.css "should" work, it works with his full project.

Thank you. Unfortunately did not work.

Actually the code itself works as shown below, but is it possible it is getting over-ridden by something else ?

Code:

/*tighten drop down menus*/
menupopup > menuitem, menupopup > menu {
  padding-block: 1px !important;
}
:root {
  --arrowpanel-menuitem-padding: 1px 1px !important;
}

/* other bookmarks */
#menu_unsortedBookmarks,
#menu_mobileBookmarks,
#bookmarksMenuItemsSeparator{
display: none !important;
}

/*  pretty much the same                                 */
/*  this one also works similarly from the link I gave */
/*  #bookmarksToolbarFolderMenu+menuseparator,           */
/*  #menu_unsortedBookmarks {                            */
/*   display: none !important;                           */
/*  }

#bookmarksMenuPopup { --panel-background: #87CEFA !important;}
menupopup > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"],
menupopup > menuitem[_moz-menuactive="true"],
popup > menu[_moz-menuactive="true"],
browsermessage,notification .notification-inner{ border-color: red !important;}
browsermessage, notification{ --panel-background: red !important;}
menupopup {-moz-appearance: none !important; --panel-background: #87CEFA !important }

This is what the code does.