help resizing the web address browser and google box in firefox

Wigwam

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as it says in the tin - how can i resize the address bar and the google bar in firefox 0.93?
i plan to put the address bar under the buttons [ala IE] and increase it to full length and leave the google bar on the top row but increase its size to fill up the rest od the space [ie to 1/2 the length of the bar].

if it makes any diff, currently using charmel theme
 

MTDEW

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Bump for a good question. ;)

I just installed Firefox a couple of days ago for the 1st time to test it.

I couldnt figure that out OR why my bookmarks appear in reverse alphabetical order from Z to A and how to change it the other way around. (note: They were imported from IE6)
 

Wigwam

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changing the bookmarks shoudl just be a case of opening the "manage bookmarks" and then clicking on "names" which toggles through their order

i see no-one wants to help yet with the sizing problem!
i did read that one could alter the size in the userchrome.css file only i dont have 1 [that i can find] - only examples of 1
 

cloudchief

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It is really quite simple. Right click on the bar and choose,: Customize.
While in the customize mode you can resize all you want.
 

Wigwam

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funnily enough i have tried that.
i can move them around all i want but i cant change the size of them [no matter what theme i use]

there was a thread on google about resizing the google bar [not the main browser bar] but it talked baout using an extansion to edit the userchrome.css but that extension doent work on firefox .093....
 

ys

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1. To change the search box size install extension ChromEdit
Fire up ChromEdit add

#search-container {-moz-box-flex: 200 !important;}

to the userChrome.css tab.

2. For a full length url box under the buttons, go View -> Toolbars -> Customize... -> Add New Toolbar then drag the url box to the new toolbar.

Caramel theme is so yummy :D
 

Wigwam

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but it says chrome edit only functions with version 0.8-0.9 [not higher] and on his homepage it states a known bug that it doesnt work with 0.9.

i guess i could always install it and see - if i doesnt i could always uninstall it
will try the string as you say.

i agree about charmel - cetainly gorwn on me

edit: did it [d/l chrome edit first] and it works a treat. i set it to 400 not 200 and both bars on 2 rows fill up the remaining space after any buttons. thanks alot!
 

CTho9305

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You can edit userContent.css by hand - it is in %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\stuff\chrome\userContent.css - if it doesn't exist, create it and just put that one line of text into it.
 

grimmie

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Originally posted by: Wigwam
as it says in the tin - how can i resize the address bar and the google bar in firefox 0.93?


first off: uninstall firefox 0.9.3 and download- and install Firefox 1.0PR

then visit: http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showforum=8

for great tweaks to user.js, userChrome.css, and userContent.css


to resize the "google" search bar

add either


/* Make the Search box flex wider */
#search-container {-moz-box-flex: 400 !important;}

#searchbar {
-moz-box-flex: 400 !important;
}


or

/* Make the Search box flex wider */
.searchbar-textbox {
width: 22em !important;
}


to your userChrome.css



 

Wigwam

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actually after i made the change to the user chrome as i posted earlier i ended up having to remove chrome edit as FF 0.93 was really unstable - improved once it was gone but thankfully the changes stayed.
will switch to ver 1.0 once it stops being a pre-release version as read about a few glithces with it...