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Years ago I found code or an addon that allowed me to change the minimum width of a firefox window. I've searched and searched but cannot find this again. I'm thinking I did it by adding code somewhere but just can't remember or find it. So how do I change the minimum window width in Firefox?

Years ago I found code or an addon that allowed me to change the minimum width of a firefox window. I've searched and searched but cannot find this again. I'm thinking I did it by adding code somewhere but just can't remember or find it. So how do I change the minimum window width in Firefox?

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The file type of the file is OK (Cascading Style Sheet), but the name is wrong and should be userChrome.css with an uppercase 'C'. You also need to create a chrome folder (note the lowercase chrome in this case) and move the userChrome.css file to this folder.

  • C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\chrome\userChrome.css
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How small do you want to make the Firefox window?

It should normally be possible to make the width quite small unless there are special buttons on a toolbar added by extensions that display extra info. I can get to a minimum width of around 200px.

Can you attach a screenshot?

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For some of the things I do, such as collages, I need to go smaller than this. When I previously worked around this problem, I had to set a minimum window width.

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This might be happening because of the Tab being in the title bar and what looks like a Firefox application button.

Does running Firefox in Safe Mode with all extensions disabled and possibly hide the title bar allow to make the window smaller?

Does it make a difference if you open the about:blank page?

I had forgotten to check my userChrome.css file for rules that override the min-width and see that I had a min-width set to 200px. I see that the default is 300px

  • chrome://browser/content/browser.css
#main-window:not([chromehidden~="toolbar"]) {
  min-width: 300px;
}

Add code to the userChrome.css file below the default @namespace line. Adjust the min-width to suit your needs.


@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */

#main-window:not([chromehidden~="toolbar"]) {
 min-width:50px!important;
}

The customization files userChrome.css (user interface) and userContent.css (websites) are located in the chrome folder in the Firefox profile folder.

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Now I think we are on the right path as this jogs my memory a bit. I did a little research and created a new file using Notepad, named it "userchrome.css" and think I saved it in the correct spot, But it doesn't seem to be working. Attached is a screenshot of the text file and the explorer window showing it's location. What did I miss?

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The file type of the file is OK (Cascading Style Sheet), but the name is wrong and should be userChrome.css with an uppercase 'C'. You also need to create a chrome folder (note the lowercase chrome in this case) and move the userChrome.css file to this folder.

  • C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\chrome\userChrome.css
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That did it, thanks!