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FF4 menu button won't drop down when window maximized in Windows 7

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I just upgraded to FF4 this morning, so I am running version 4.0. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

When I upgraded to FF4, I noticed the Firefox menu button won't drop down when I click on it when my window is maximized. When the window is not maximized, then the menu button is clickable and the menu drops down.

I just upgraded to FF4 this morning, so I am running version 4.0. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. When I upgraded to FF4, I noticed the Firefox menu button won't drop down when I click on it when my window is maximized. When the window is not maximized, then the menu button is clickable and the menu drops down.

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I noticed this is only happening when the window is maximized AND the "Tabs on Top" setting is on. Hope this helps and can be resolved in future releases.

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Does it help if you set the pref browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar to false on the about:config page.

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

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Yes, that helps by dropping the tabs below the title bar, like they are when the window is not maximized. It's a fine temporary solution, but would still be interested in seeing this issue resolved permanently later on down the road, as it's nice to have as minimal a header area as possible. Thanks!