Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

When I open Firefox the address bar now goes off-screen as it does with the website I go to.

  • 3 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by zedmelon

more options

In order to enter anything into the address bar I need to place the cursor at the top edge of the screen both in Firefox and the chosen website.

In order to enter anything into the address bar I need to place the cursor at the top edge of the screen both in Firefox and the chosen website.

Chosen solution

Try hitting F11.

It's a toggle that maximizes the window beyond "normal" maximize and gives you the most possible real estate for browsing, with less waste on buttons and edges.

It might be bad form to mention here, but other browsers use the same key for this.

Read this answer in context 👍 0

All Replies (3)

more options

Chosen Solution

Try hitting F11.

It's a toggle that maximizes the window beyond "normal" maximize and gives you the most possible real estate for browsing, with less waste on buttons and edges.

It might be bad form to mention here, but other browsers use the same key for this.

more options

Thanks very much. I was getting frustrated. Glad to know it was only finger problems, likely when reaching for my backspace.

more options

Glad to help, and thanks for the props.

Yeah, it's kind of a nifty feature when you just need a little more room. I discovered it by accident a few years back: Oh NO, what the heck did I do!??!

It's quite easy to hit F11 by accident on a laptop. A coworker set me straight.

Modified by zedmelon