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How to make yellow dialog box not come up when I mouse over tabs?

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I hate the little small yellow background colored dialog box that pops up when you mouse over tabs on Firefox on Mac.

The reason why this is an in convenience on the Firefox in Mac is when a dialog box comes up and you minimize Firefox the dialog box stays there on the screen, so you have to bring Firefox to the front and then mouse over it til the box go's away, and then finally you can minimize Firefox without having the dialog box stay on your screen.

To negate this problem I want to know if their is a way for me to disable that dialog box from coming up at all. It also comes up when I mouse over my all in one sidebar add on and I have noticed it when you mouseover links on certain sites, like in Pandora when I am mousing over the different artists in my list the little box comes up, again it's not needed and very annoying.

I hate the little small yellow background colored dialog box that pops up when you mouse over tabs on Firefox on Mac. The reason why this is an in convenience on the Firefox in Mac is when a dialog box comes up and you minimize Firefox the dialog box stays there on the screen, so you have to bring Firefox to the front and then mouse over it til the box go's away, and then finally you can minimize Firefox without having the dialog box stay on your screen. To negate this problem I want to know if their is a way for me to disable that dialog box from coming up at all. It also comes up when I mouse over my all in one sidebar add on and I have noticed it when you mouseover links on certain sites, like in Pandora when I am mousing over the different artists in my list the little box comes up, again it's not needed and very annoying.

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you must modify browser.chrome.toolbar_tips


type in the address bar about:config

then press the button i'll be careful i promise

then type in the bar browser.chrome.toolbar_tips

then Double-click on it, to make it false

exit firefox and restart-it.


See for more info : Browser.chrome.toolbar tips


thank you

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Chosen Solution

you must modify browser.chrome.toolbar_tips


type in the address bar about:config

then press the button i'll be careful i promise

then type in the bar browser.chrome.toolbar_tips

then Double-click on it, to make it false

exit firefox and restart-it.


See for more info : Browser.chrome.toolbar tips


thank you

Please mark "Solved" the answer that really solve the problem, to help others with a similar problem.