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Status bar moves from left to right, while using "find"?

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I use the "Find" (ctrl + F) feature quite a bit, and when the "Find" tab is viewable at the bottom, the status bar information moves from the left side of the screen to the right side. This is very off-putting to me and I was wondering if there was any way that this could be fixed so that it always appears in the same spot.

I use the "Find" (ctrl + F) feature quite a bit, and when the "Find" tab is viewable at the bottom, the status bar information moves from the left side of the screen to the right side. This is very off-putting to me and I was wondering if there was any way that this could be fixed so that it always appears in the same spot.

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Since it involves the status bar see item #10 "Status-4-Evar" extension as a solution in


You can make Firefox 4.0.1 and Firefox 5.0 look like Firefox 3.6.17, see numbered items 1-10 in the following topic Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 look like 3.6)