Browsers which allow the address bar to be placed above the tabs

It's funny, but I had set some parts of that differing color code in "chrome\config\color_variables_classic-grey.css" without realising the effect it would have!

These seem to be the lines concerned:

Code:

          --classic_squared_tabs_other_tabs: linear-gradient(to top,#00FEFE,#00FEFE,aquamarine) !important;
          --classic_squared_tabs_unloaded_tabs: linear-gradient(to top, #00FEFE,#00FEFE,#00FEFE) !important;

Aquamarine & #00FEFE are close but not the same!
At least you can change that aquamarine to #00FEFE to get rid of that small color change.

Other-tabs seems to refer to all the non-selected tabs & unloaded-tabs refers to all non-selected tabs which have been unloaded to save resources.

das10 said:

Aquamarine & #00FEFEFE are close but not the same!

To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure at first that the effect was actually there. I was willing to put it down to a trick of the light or my eyesight.

At least you can change that aquamarine to #00FEFE to get rid of that small color change.

I've just done that and you're right, it works. I do appreciate the time and the trouble you've taken over this. I doubt if I'd have picked up that last nuance on my own: unfortunately my css knowledge has rather faded since I wrote my two websites from scratch many years ago.

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@das10, having used the newly-tweaked Firefox for a short while now, there's one final adjustment I'd like to make: I'd like to increase the height of the tab bar slightly, and also of the tabs themselves (keeping the space betwen the tops of the tabs and the top of the bar, or perhaps diminishing it very slightly). I've looked though all the coding which seems to relate to the TabToolbar and the tabs but haven't so far found any specific references to their height. Can you point me in the right direction?

Many thanks.

Note that we have uncommented (hence, made use of) the "classic_squared_tabs.css" line in userChrome.css for the tab appearance, hence we look for that particular property in one of the files under "chrome\config".

userChrome.css "TAB appearance" section:

Code:

/* Classic tabs appearance known from Firefox 4-28 */
@import "./css/tabs/classic_squared_tabs.css"; /**/

And, in the "chrome\config\general_variables.css" file, there is a corresponding property called "--classic squared tabs only", so we try eg. & change the default value of 26px to say 32px (or whatever you require) & it works.

Code:

/* custom height for 'classic squared tabs' only */
--classic_squared_tabs_tab_height: 32px !important;

---

For reducing the space between the top of the tabs and the tab-bar, try and change the values of the following section in "my_userChrome.css".

Code:

/* 
Alter space between tabs and top of tab-bar - may also require changes to padding/margin to 
nav-bar and Bookmarks bar when it is shown (ie PersonalToolbar) 
The same "px" value all round seems to balance everything out.
*/

#TabsToolbar {
     padding-top:    3px    !important;
}     
#nav-bar {
     padding-bottom: 3px    !important;
}
#PersonalToolbar {
    margin-block:   -3px 3px !important;    
}
#urlbar {
    margin-top: -1.5px !important; 
}

Thanks so much. I'll try it.

Edited to add:

That worked beautifully. Thanks so much.

Looking back over this entire thread, I was embarrassed to discover - and if you realised, you were too polite to say - that you'd already explained how to achieve these two adjustments several days ago. Apologies.

das10 said:

No problem - it can be overwhelming when you see so many permutations in Aris's code.

It's certainly a huge contrast to my one-file, one-page effort from some years back, though that also had the desired effect. Ari, as I think you mentioned earlier, was clearly covering all eventualities for all prospective users. It might make an interesting and educational exercise for me to see how much of his material I can eliminate without harm, secure in the knowledge that I have multiple backups of the whole thing.

I did realise that I had made references to those settings, but instead of referring back to the particular posts, I thought it might make things clearer if I just showed the specific settings required, again.

That was kind - and polite! - of you.

And now I have my Firefox looking and behaving pretty much exactly how I wanted it while also being up to date, and I've learned - or relearned - a good deal on the way: l'm grateful to everyone who helped, yourself especially.

With which I suppose I should mark the thread as solved. I hope that anyone in the same or a similar position as I was might benefit from the discussion either now or in the future.

Bert