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I have installed Firefox 4 but the "New Tab" button has disappeared. I have searched toolbars etc. but can't see it. Any ideas, please?

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alanrprice1
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My "New Tab" button has disappeared off the toolbar. I have searched the toolbar menus and "Customise Toolbar" but it's just not there. Back, Forward, Stop and Reload buttons are all there.

My "New Tab" button has disappeared off the toolbar. I have searched the toolbar menus and "Customise Toolbar" but it's just not there. Back, Forward, Stop and Reload buttons are all there.

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Xircal
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Go to Tools | Options | Tabs and check to see whether "Always show the tab bar" is checkmarked or not.

mykl_74
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I'm having the same issue, I tried turning off the 'Always show the tab bar' option as well as the 'Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar' option, but this did not help. I also tried switching between Windows Classic & Windows Aero themes, no dice.

I just moved from Windows XP to Windows 7. On my old XP box, it is working fine. But I can't add the 'Open a new tab' button on my new Windows 7 Pro x64 system.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can find the New Tab button showing as a '+' on the Tab bar.
You can open the Customize window and drag the New Tab button from the Tab bar on another toolbar and it will become a regular toolbar button like the New Tab button that you have in Firefox 3 versions.
If you want the New Tab button at the far right end of the Tab bar then place a flexible to the left of it.

  • If items are missing then open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"
  • 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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