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How do I get the url bar to not dissapear in fullscreen mode? (f11)

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In firefox 3, somehow in fullscreen mode, the url bar and the addons would not disappear. Now, they do. How do I get them to stay still?

Basically, I'm asking for fullscreen mode without the ugly windows close buttons and menu bar.

In firefox 3, somehow in fullscreen mode, the url bar and the addons would not disappear. Now, they do. How do I get them to stay still? Basically, I'm asking for fullscreen mode without the ugly windows close buttons and menu bar.

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Hover the mouse at the top of the screen.

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I mean without having to do that... so it never goes away.

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It's been disabled in FF4 because too many users complained about having it there permanently.

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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.fullscreen.autohide

Type about:config in the URL bar and hit Enter.
If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.

Filter = browser.fullscreen.autohide = double-click that pref to toggle it to False

Then restart Firefox.

Modified by the-edmeister

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Hmmm... I should have thought of that. Getting too late at night I think.

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You can also hover the mouse to the top to make the Navigation Toolbar appear and open the right-click context menu.
Remove the check-mark on Hide Toolbars