"Awful blue" leaks into menu bar
in 2014 I asked this question:
Several new Firefox Support questions relate to the new "awful blue" in the menu bar in 29.0.1. But that "awful blue" was ALWAYS there as the Windows windowframe color (in Windows XP, SP 3). The real problem is that the windowframe has now "leaked" or "fused" its way into the Firefox menu bar. The two should be separate. Please separate them again, so that Windows controls the windowframe only, while Firefox controls the menu bar only.
It's visually important when there are multiple tabs because then only one tab is visible. The other tabs have nothing left but their captions. See picture.
At the time I got this reply and found it helpful.
In the customize settings you can add the title bar to separate the two. I hope this helps. I will lock this thread unless you need further support, please feel free to post another question.
But now (v41.0.2) there doesn't seem to be a title bar, and I can't make that trick work.
Please allow the Firefox menu bar color to be separate from the Windows windowframe color, so that Windows controls the windowframe only, while Firefox controls the menu bar only.
Modified by richcw@telus.net
Chosen solution
Try to set browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar to false on the about:config page to disable displaying the tabs in the title bar.
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
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There are several add-ons that can take care of this for you.
Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.
I use; Classic Theme Restorer (Customize Australis) {web link} Restore squared tabs, appmenu, add-ons bar, small button view and more on Australis UI (Windows/MacOSX/Linux + Fx 29+).
This will restore many of the things the last upgrades took away.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2827985 Classic Theme Restorer - Discussion Thread (v2)
Chosen Solution
Try to set browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar to false on the about:config page to disable displaying the tabs in the title bar.
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
richcw@telus.net said
But now (v41.0.2) there doesn't seem to be a title bar, and I can't make that trick work.
On Windows 7, the Title Bar button is still there in the Customize panel. Is it missing on Windows XP?
Please allow the Firefox menu bar color to be separate from the Windows windowframe color, so that Windows controls the windowframe only, while Firefox controls the menu bar only.
Suggestions tend to get lost on the support forum. You could submit that here:
But I don't know whether anyone is going to prioritize theme changes that primarily affect Windows XP at this point, so an add-on or custom style rule probably is your best hope for now.
Thanks to all who replied! A partial solution was this one:
"Try to set browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar to false on the about:config page to disable displaying the tabs in the title bar.
"You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue."
Now tabs are a different color from the windowframe, which is good, but extra tabs still disappear except for their captions. Oh well, I can live with it, and I'll try the recommended Add-On as well.
Modified by richcw@telus.net
richcw@telus.net said
Now tabs are a different color from the windowframe, which is good, but extra tabs still disappear except for their captions.
I suppose someone wanted to reduce clutter by removing the tab shapes, but I also prefer to see them.
Classic Theme Restorer probably can give you control of the appearance of background tabs, but if you decide you want something simpler, I use a custom style rule myself: https://userstyles.org/styles/100627/outline-background-tabs-firefox-29-australis