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I HATE THAT YOU MOVED THE REFRESH BUTTON!!!!

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on all previous versions of firefox the refresh button was either movable, or on the left side... it's been moved to the end of the address bar... I HATE it there. I'm constantly looking on the left, hating the move to the right. can it be moved back?

on all previous versions of firefox the refresh button was either movable, or on the left side... it's been moved to the end of the address bar... I HATE it there. I'm constantly looking on the left, hating the move to the right. can it be moved back?

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Firefox 4 uses a combined Stop/Reload/Go button that is positioned at the right end side of the location bar.
During the page load process it shows as a Stop button and after the loading has finished the button is changed to a Reload button.
If you type in the location bar then that button becomes a Go button.
Middle-click the Reload button to duplicate the current tab to a new tab.


To move the Stop and Reload buttons to their position to the left of the location bar you can use these steps:

  • Open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"
  • Drag the Reload and Stop buttons to their previous position to the left of the location bar.
  • Set the order to "Reload - Stop" to get a combined "Reload/Stop" button.
  • Set the order to "Stop - Reload" or separate them otherwise to get two distinct buttons.

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Unfortunately, those buttons don't even exist inside the customize menu when using on my mac

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Open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize"

  • If a missing item is in the toolbar palette then drag it back from the Customize window on the toolbar
  • If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up.

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