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How to get the 'x' close button by hovering over unselected tabs.

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How to remove the red x hovering over the close buttons. I want it plain x

How to remove the red x hovering over the close buttons. I want it plain x

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Hello,

In order to better assist you with your issue please provide us with a screenshot. If you need help to create a screenshot, please see How do I create a screenshot of my problem?

Once you've done this, attach the saved screenshot file to your forum post by clicking the Browse... button below the Post your reply box. This will help us to visualize the problem.

Thank you!

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I want a plain x without a highlight no color.

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My screenshot doesn't work. That's weird. I click on browse then click reply. I don't know why.

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The close button comes from this SVG image:

  • chrome://global/skin/icons/close.svg
  • chrome://global/skin/global.css

Add code to the userChrome.css file below the default @namespace line.


@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */

.close-icon:hover {
 background-image: -moz-image-rect(url("chrome://global/skin/icons/close.svg"), 0, 16, 16, 0) !important;
 background-color: #ccc !important;
}

You can set the background color to a color of your choice to see at least a hover effect that the button is active.


The customization files userChrome.css (user interface) and userContent.css (websites) are located in the chrome folder in the Firefox profile folder.

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
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Can't I remove the hover affect at all? The older versions didn't have that.