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How do I change toolbar text size?

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I just bought a new Viewsonic widescreen monitor and have been changing the text size on various applications. How do I enlarge the text on the toolbar bookmarks?

I just bought a new Viewsonic widescreen monitor and have been changing the text size on various applications. How do I enlarge the text on the toolbar bookmarks?

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I suggest trying this add-on: Theme Font & Size Changer :: Add-ons for Firefox

If that doesn't give you enough fine control, there are more complicated solutions, as you can see in this thread: How do I change browser text size? Not content but actual browser. | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help.

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For your information, in case you are interested.

Firefox 4 doesn't run on a PowerPC Mac.

Firefox 4 requires at least OS X 10.5 and an Intel Mac.

For an unofficial Firefox 4 compatible version (TenFourFox) that runs on PowerPC Macs with OS X 10.4.11 or OS X 10.5.8 you can look at:


In addition to the above posted extension for the user interface (toolbars), you can use one of these extensions to set a default font size and page zoom on web pages: