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Its it possible to hide the borders of the navbar buttons with dropdown menu?

Like the ones for AIO Sidebar and Download Helper(when it detects flash video).

try:

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

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1{
  border: 1px solid transparent !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
  background: none !important;
}

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"][open="true"],
#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1:not([disabled="true"]):hover{
  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.4) inset,
              0 1px 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,.4) !important;
  border-radius: 4px !important;
}

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1:not([disabled="true"]):not([type="menu-button"]):active{
  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.3) !important;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,.1) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.1) inset !important;
  border-radius: 4px !important;
}

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"]>*{
  box-shadow: none !important;
  background: none !important;
  border: none !important;
}

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"] dropmarker{
  border-left: 1px solid transparent !important;
}

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"]:hover dropmarker,
#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"]:active dropmarker,
#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"][open="true"] dropmarker{
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.25) !important;
  -moz-transition: none !important;
}

#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"] toolbarbutton:active,
#nav-bar .toolbarbutton-1[type="menu-button"][open="true"] dropmarker{
  background: rgba(0,0,0,.1) !important;
}

how can I move tabs closer to location bar (I have location bar navigation and tabs on same toolbar)

dump.png

I want first tab to star directly on the right side of location bar and not as screenshot with massive space and then tab.

this is my userchrome

#urlbar

{

max-width: 700px;

}

tab { min-width: 123px !important; }

/thx /Mac and Firefox 4 b9pre

use #urlbar-container instead of #urlbar

#urlbar-container{
max-width: 700px !important;
}

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/921416-share-your-custom-firefoxminefield-4-stylish-scripts/page__view__findpost__p__593466824

Please, can someone help me with this:

Got it from here http://userstyles.org/styles/20883 and I'd like to exclude only the Main Menu while pressing the AppMenuButton...

Must I use the command "not" before all those menus included or just to delete an entry from the list? Also, I don't know the exact name...

Thank you in advance!

I fixed it up for you a little bit. I took out all the popup references since "The popup element is no longer supported; you should use menupopup instead."(see : https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_4_for_developers). Should you find you need them you can just add them back in.

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);
/* GENERAL */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup), 
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menu, 
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuitem {
	-moz-appearance: none !important;
	background: none !important;
	color: #fff !important;
	opacity: 0.95 !important;
}

/* BORDER */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) {
	-moz-border-image: url("data: image/png;base64,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")13 13 15 / 13px 13px 15px repeat !important;
	-moz-window-shadow: none !important;
	margin-top: -3px !important;
}

/* SEPARATOR */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuseparator {
	-moz-appearance: none !important;
	list-style-image: none !important;
	background: none !important;
	border-top: solid 1px #555555 !important;
	border-right: none !important;
	border-bottom: none !important;
	border-left: none !important;
}

/* DISABLED ITEM */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuitem[disabled="true"] {
	color: #666666 !important;
}

/* SELECTED ITEM */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menu[_moz-menuactive="true"], 
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuitem:not([disabled="true"])[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #6f81f5, #3f51f2) !important;
	opacity: 0.95 !important;
}

/* SELECTED ITEM (GRAPHITE) */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menu:-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme)[_moz-menuactive="true"], 
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuitem:not([disabled="true"]):-moz-system-metric(mac-graphite-theme)[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #7f858d, #69717c) !important;
	color: #ffffff !important;
	opacity: 1.0 !important;
}

/* RIGHT ARROW */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .menu-right, 
autorepeatbutton {
	-moz-appearance: none !important;
	list-style-image: url("data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABkAAAAJCAYAAADHP4f4AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAIGNIUk0AAHolAACAgwAA+f8AAIDpAAB1MAAA6mAAADqYAAAXb5JfxUYAAADrSURBVHjatJM9TgMxEEafU6WgSEmRAokG5QQoB8ghKDkEJ9lLpKDMGRAV1UopU6AVBV3QxhWPAls4JoYqlj7J8/fNeGaM2qsLlXNhAlwDz0DH/2cLzCrdAMQ/0KPGAjt12ahonXyeKv1KHSuejL264IRhTIQl0bIgOqj32QagbhpJOoCgxkZrdsBNcb8sbB/AHIghBNQp8ApcFD5vIYQrgMkJcoEX4DbJXZWARPaYhRBCBB5SLMAncPfDePy897IVaev2jVaM6uqouu95RXVNZcgBG3VazaJvJMgYKq6Zuv3dGx3Shpztn3wNABJf62ogSXVRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC")!important;
}

menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .menu-right {
	-moz-image-region: rect(0px 7px 9px 0px) !important;
	opacity: 0.4 !important;
}

menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .menu-right[_moz-menuactive="true"] {
	opacity: 1.0 !important;
}

/* SCROLL ARROWS */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .autorepeatbutton-up {
	-moz-image-region: rect(0px 16px 9px 7px) !important;
	opacity: 0.75 !important;
	-moz-border-top-colors: #000000 !important;
	-moz-border-right-colors: #000000 !important;
	-moz-border-bottom-colors: #000000 !important;
	-moz-border-left-colors: #000000 !important;
}

menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .autorepeatbutton-down {
	-moz-image-region: rect(0px 25px 9px 16px) !important;
	opacity: 0.75 !important;
}

menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .autorepeatbutton-up[disabled="true"], 
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) .autorepeatbutton-down[disabled="true"] {
	opacity: 0.4 !important;
}

/* CHECKMARK */
menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuitem[checked="true"] .menu-iconic-left {
	-moz-appearance: none !important;
	list-style-image: none !important;
	background: url("data: image/png;
	base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA0AAAANCAYAAABy6+R8AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAKFJREFUeNpi/P//PwPJgBhNQDX8QFwNxMykaFr3HwK2AzEbExEaKoBUIJT7mpGR8Rdem4ByrkD8B2rLVSDmQXEeSACI7ZE0yAHxK6iGb0CshRIQIHcC8V4g/gnE3lD+mf8IEIsRekBsBtXwH0rvRdIwB2eQA+kQJPfDwCUg5sQbT0B2MpKGD0CsTlTkgoIYqimcpBQBFHPCF3eM5KQ9gAADAOly5N+9UMPFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC")no-repeat !important;
	min-height: 13px !important;
	opacity: 0.75 !important;
	margin-bottom: -2px !important;
        margin-right: 24px !important;
}

menupopup:not(#appmenu-popup) menuitem[checked="true"][_moz-menuactive="true"] .menu-iconic-left {
	opacity: 1.0 !important;
}

Is there any way to reduce the size of the aero window borders on the sides and the bottom? The window is already missing an inside border so it makes the glass borders look even fatter

There is a way. You change the 'chromemargin' attribute on #main-window, although you can't do this using CSS. In the morning I can cook up a small addon to change this value if you would like.

Here is an example using smaller borders:

post-49492-0-35052700-1294139494.png

That looks nicer than these fat ones, especially since i've moved the tabs directly into the titlebar (so there's even less glass up there). Would appreciate it :).

As promised. Let me know if there are any issues.

post-49492-0-54742900-1294174232.png

Download

Works great so far. I had to restart firefox twice before it worked though, first time was assumed compulsory restart, second one was after nothing happened. This isn't likely to crash dwm, like glasser sometimes did for me is it?

Thanks :D

It shouldn't at all. All it does is modify an attribute already present on #main-window. Odd that it didn't work, I had a few friends test it and they had no problems.

I'm not sure if this will help or not, but this is the code I use to make "about:blank" transparent

#browser,
#content > tabbox > tabpanels {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}

#main-window[stylish-url="about:blank"] #content browser { 
   opacity: 0 !important;
}

Everything has worked flawlessly until a couple days ago (or more...), when I noticed an artifact on the navbar on the transparent about:blank page only, which actually seems to depend on the "opacity" CSS setting, and only disappears when opacity is set to 1. Something in the recent builds must be the culprit...

Note that it appears if the FF window loses focus while the "about:blank" page is open, and remains thereafter, disappearing when you switch to any other tab and reappearing when you click on the "about:blank" tab. I also switched off more or less all other stylish mods and it's always there. If I put tabs below the app button, the "artifact" is partially obscured by them (but visible if they are partially transparent, of course).

Any idea on how to remove it?

post-311154-0-67933100-1294260755.jpg

Hey! I've made (stolen from another userscript...) this script to put the download statusbar on the add-on bar.

#downbarHolder{
-moz-appearance:none!important;
min-height:23px!important;
max-height:23px!important;
border:none !important;
margin:0 0 -24px 25px!important;
}

#downbarHolder #downbar {
max-width: 550px !important;
}

It's already pretty good, i was wondering though, is there any way to make the bar depend on the size of the browser's window?

So that when i resize the the browser the bar resizes as well?

OK, I just checked and it seems to happen only if I have a transparent tab bar, which I implemented with the following (taken somewhere, unfortunately I didn't record it, and later tweaked)

#main-window[tabsontop="true"] #navigator-toolbox > *:not(#TabsToolbar):not(#toolbar-menubar),
#main-window:not([tabsontop="true"]) #navigator-toolbox > *:not(#nav-bar):not(#toolbar-menubar),
#sidebar-header
	{background-color: RGBA(232, 228, 255, 0.3) !important; }


#main-window[tabsontop="true"]  #nav-bar
	{background-clip: padding-box !important; 
         border-top: 1px solid transparent !important; 
         -moz-box-shadow: RGBa(232, 228, 255, .15) 0 0 0 -0.5PX inset,
                          rgb(180, 180, 180) 0 0 0 -0.5PX inset !important; 
border-left: 1px solid transparent !important;
border-right: 1px solid transparent !important;}


#main-window[tabsontop="true"][lwtheme="true"]  #nav-bar
	{border-top: none !important; }


#main-window[tabsontop="true"]  #navigator-toolbox
	{border-bottom: 1px solid transparent !important;
         -moz-box-shadow: RGBa(232, 228, 255, .25) 0 0 0 -0.5PX inset,
                          rgb(180, 180, 180) 0 0 0 -1px inset !important; }


.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"]
	{background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .58), rgba(255, 255, 255, .34)),
                           -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .4), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 30%),
                           -moz-linear-gradient(RGBA(232, 228, 255, 0.3), RGBA(252, 228, 250, 0.4)) !important; }

.tabbrowser-tab:not([selected="true"]),
.tabs-newtab-button
	{-moz-box-shadow: RGBa(252, 228, 250, .1) 0 0.5PX 0,
                          rgba(114, 114, 114, .25) 0 1px 0 !important; 
         background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(RGBa(252, 228, 250, .3) 0.500%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0.500%),
                           -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(153, 153, 153, .5), rgba(114, 114, 114, .5) 50%) !important; }

.tabbrowser-tab:not([selected="true"]):hover,
.tabs-newtab-button:hover
	{background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(RGBa(232, 228, 255, .3) 0.500%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0.500%),
                           -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(204, 204, 204, .6), rgba(153, 153, 153, .6) 50%) !important; }

.tabbrowser-tab[pinned],
.tabbrowser-tab[pinned]:hover
	{-moz-box-shadow: none !important;
}

.tabbrowser-tab[pinned][titlechanged="true"]
	{background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 0, 0, .5), rgba(255, 0, 0, .5)) !important; }

#sidebar-header
	{-moz-appearance: none !important;
background: transparent !important;
         background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .75), rgba(255, 255, 255, .0)) !important;
         border-top: none !important; }

#navigator-toolbox label:not([class^="menu-"]):not(.menubar-text):not(.tab-text):not([id^="identity-icon"]):not([class^="urlbar"]):not([class^="tab"]),
#main-window:not([tabsontop="true"]) .tabbrowser-tab:not([selected="true"]),
#sidebar-header
	{text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 6px, 
                      rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 6px, 
                      rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0px 1px 0px !important; }

.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"]
	{text-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0px 1px 0px !important; }

.tabbrowser-tab:not([selected="true"]),
.menubar-text
	{text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 8.4px, 
                      rgba(255, 255, 255, .3) 0px 1px 0px !important; }


#navigator-toolbox[tabsontop="true"] 
{ 
     margin-left: -1px !important; 
     margin-right:-1px !important;

}

If I remove the

.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"]
	{background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .58), rgba(255, 255, 255, .34)),
                           -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .4), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 30%),
                           -moz-linear-gradient(RGBA(232, 228, 255, 0.3), RGBA(252, 228, 250, 0.4)) !important; }

the artifact disappears, and of course the selected tab is not transparent anymore ;)

Note also that the width of the artifact is more or less the same as the app button, if I resize it (for example remove the stylish code to reset it to default), the artifact resizes accordingly.

Any other way to make the navbar and tabs translucent as in the image in my previous post and avoid this issue?

This was probably already posted but I can't find it, does anybody have any stylish code to put more padding between the tab bar and the titlebar? In the theme I use (clearscreensharp) they are way too close.

I believe this is the code used in browser.css, just mess around with the value until you find something that looks good.

#main-window[chromemargin^="0,"][sizemode="normal"]:not([inFullscreen="true"]) #navigator-toolbox {
  margin-top: -8px !important;
}

Any other way to make the navbar and tabs translucent as in the image in my previous post and avoid this issue?

I've tested your code and have no such problem. It might be time to try a new profile.

OK, I just checked and it seems to happen only if I have a transparent tab bar, which I implemented with the following (taken somewhere, unfortunately I didn't record it, and later tweaked)

the artifact disappears, and of course the selected tab is not transparent anymore ;)

Note also that the width of the artifact is more or less the same as the app button, if I resize it (for example remove the stylish code to reset it to default), the artifact resizes accordingly.

Any other way to make the navbar and tabs translucent as in the image in my previous post and avoid this issue?

I'd really like to be able to help, but I can't reproduce the problem. I use the same method to to acheive transparency in the tabs and toolbars in the current nightly, but I'm not getting any artifacts. Like Soapy said, maybe it's time for a new profile.

Everything has worked flawlessly until a couple days ago (or more...), when I noticed an artifact on the navbar on the transparent about:blank page only, which actually seems to depend on the "opacity" CSS setting, and only disappears when opacity is set to 1. Something in the recent builds must be the culprit...

Note that it appears if the FF window loses focus while the "about:blank" page is open, and remains thereafter, disappearing when you switch to any other tab and reappearing when you click on the "about:blank" tab. I also switched off more or less all other stylish mods and it's always there. If I put tabs below the app button, the "artifact" is partially obscured by them (but visible if they are partially transparent, of course).

Any idea on how to remove it?

mmm I see this problem in the new Minefields nightly,

use this code

#main-window[stylish-url="about:blank"] #browser {
   visibility: hidden !important;}

but the problem is in panorama, appears again , well when panorama is glass

sorry for my english

mmm I see this problem in the new Minefields nightly,

Thanks, now it only happens when the window loses the focus. Oddly, if I do it with a blank local html file, the artifact is always visible.

Guess I need to try with a clean profile and installing extensions one by one :( I just hate it...

EDIT: it happens also with a new profile... need to test more I'm afraid

Both are sexy as hell, but I agree, I prefer the top one. I think this is partially due to the fact that it's not the typical preferences layout, it's fresh.

Do you think we could get an apples to apples comparison of the same preference page in both styles?

Wow! I prefer the first one, but the second looks like a charm too!

Please, share both scripts! :woot:

Thanks

Just have a few more things to do then they will both go up on userstyles.org

Both are sexy as hell, but I agree, I prefer the top one. I think this is partially due to the fact that it's not the typical preferences layout, it's fresh.

Do you think we could get an apples to apples comparison of the same preference page in both styles?

Thanks. Here is a screenshot of the vertical style with the sync section selected.

post-49492-0-68850100-1294327124.png

Looks great, the vertical is definitely cooler in my opinion

This is just me nitpicking here... but it looks like the vertical setup is extra wide for no particular reason, is this intentional?

Also, reducing the gaps between the buttons on the left may get rid of the extra blank vertical space introduced at the bottom.

Mozilla should be paying you guys to re-skin Firefox, seriously.

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    • Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow by Sayan Sen For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo has highlighted how the latest and upcoming versions of the most popular browser are expected to be its final releases with support for MV2 extensions. Chromium contributor Andrey Bershanskiy shared details about recent Chromium changes and according to comments from Google engineer Devlin Cronin, Chrome has now started removing the flags that previously controlled MV2 availability. kExtensionManifestV2Disabled, the Chromium feature flag that allowed controlled disabling of MV2 add-ons, is now completely removed, which means you will likely no longer find uBlock Origin in your browser extensions list. He wrote: "The kExtensionManifestV2Disabled feature has been default-enabled for over a year. Remove the feature and the effectively-dead code. ... Any tests that relied on being in the "warning" phase (i.e., with the kExtensionManifestV2Disabled) for their sole behavior testing are removed, since this stage is no longer reachable." Cronin further explained why MV2 extensions are no longer allowed in supported Chrome versions as maintaining the associated functionality indefinitely is no longer possible. He cited growing technical difficulties and implementation complexities as well as security concerns. He wrote: "MV2 extensions are no longer allowed in any supported version of Chrome, and we are removing support for them and the associated functionality. We won't be able to provide / maintain this functionality indefinitely due to the complexity and tech debt, as well as the security risks it entails (we've actually found a number of bugs that are specific to MV2 lately). Of course, other browsers can continue supporting these if they so desire. Unfortunately, we won't be putting code behind a compilation flag ... We won't be removing all the MV2 code wholesale right away, so many of these things will continue working for awhile (but they will go away eventually, and some may go away sooner than others)." What this essentially means is that the tricks and bypasses that were used to keep MV2 extensions like uBlock Origin and others alive will not work any more on Chrome, or at least not for very long. For example the Windows Registry mod that could extend MV2 availability will cease to function after Chromium version 151. Here is a rundown of the changes coming in the final such releases of Chromium releases: Chromium 150 lost ExtensionManifestV2Disabled option Chromium 151 will loose ExtensionManifestV2Unsupported option Chromium 151 will loose ExtensionManifestV2Availability option Chromium 151 will likely loose AllowLegacyMV2Extensions option Other Chromium-based browsers like Opera and Microsoft Edge could soon follow suit too. Although it is not specified, Edge began disabling uBlock Origin back in February, and Opera could also stop the functioning of MV2 add-ons, even though it had committed to support MV2 for longer in October 2024. uBlock Origin developer Raymond Hill (gorhill) apparently stated the following: "For Opera I did submit 1.70.0 rather late, but this was weeks ago. A while ago I received an email from Opera that they plan to abandon MV2-based extension so maybe they are no longer allocating resources for reviewing such extensions." The email which developers like Gorhill mentions was received from Opera last year. Here is what it seemingly said: Hence for now the only Chromium browser that seems to be on-board fully with MV2 support is Brave, and perhaps Vivaldi as well. Meanwhile if you want to ditch Chromium browsers entirely then Mozilla Firefox is an excellent alternative as MV3 and MV2 are both supported. Of course the easiest solution is to switch to uBlock Origin Lite if you want to remain on Chrome, as it is MV3-based, but from our experience, uBO Lite does not seem to be as good as the original non-Lite version. Source: w3C (GitHub repo) As an online publication, Neowin too relies on ads for operating costs and, if you use an ad blocker, we'd appreciate being whitelisted. In addition, we have an ad-free subscription for $28 a year, which is another way to show support!
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