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

How do I get back my edit functions, copy and paste, without doing a restore?

  • 6 replies
  • 32 have this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by cor-el

more options

When I switched to Firefox 4 I no longer have the file, edit, etc. functions anywhere. I can't or don't know how to copy and paste websites to emails for instance without the edit functions.

When I switched to Firefox 4 I no longer have the file, edit, etc. functions anywhere. I can't or don't know how to copy and paste websites to emails for instance without the edit functions.

Chosen solution

It sounds like you have the menu bar hidden. If the Firefox button (orange one - top left corner) is visible - click it and go to options and tick menu bar.

Read this answer in context 👍 11

All Replies (6)

more options

Chosen Solution

It sounds like you have the menu bar hidden. If the Firefox button (orange one - top left corner) is visible - click it and go to options and tick menu bar.

more options

Oh thank you MattMoz, that was so simple. Firefox 4 is awesome.

Modified by mlmcdougall@ymail.com

more options

You can also find toolbar buttons for Copy, Paste, and Cut in the toolbar palette and drag them on a toolbar.

Open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"

more options

Thanks Cor-el. I haven't tried that yet but I bookmarked it.

more options

I have checked the toolbar buttons and have MENU ticked, I went to the customize toolbar thing and added (by drag and drop) the cut copy and paste and other buttons I cant find now, and they showed up at first, then they disappeared. The top section seems terribly narrow now and I cant find any way to add the buttons underneath where they used to be...help!

more options

Did you check that all toolbars are visible?

You can also check for problems with the file localstore.rdf that stores the toolbar customization data.