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My Sidebar Experience

AshlynX_Willows — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:19:12 GMT

My sidebar, when using the new version of it, is still just blank.
Technically, if I hover over the empty looking space, I can see the option to access "other device tabs" and "bookmarks" respectively, as well as one of my extensions being visible, but the sidebar is otherwise just blank/white with no icon indication of there being anything aside from the aforementioned extension

— Noting here that I have disabled the AI assistant (since I have no need for it), but it was present as an option when I hovered over the top side of the bar, just not visible.

I have tried both light and dark themes. I also regularly clear my cache. I've also recently updated to the latest Mozilla browser version. My sidebar is on the left side in the attached photo.

Re: My Sidebar Experience

milli3 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:43:19 GMT

1. Toggle Sidebar Options

Open the sidebar with Ctrl+Shift+B (Bookmarks) or Ctrl+Shift+H (History).
Check if switching between them makes icons appear.
Right-click the sidebar header → see if "Hide Sidebar" and re-enable fixes it.

🔹 2. Reset Toolbar / Sidebar Customization

Go to Menu (≡) → More tools → Customize Toolbar…
At the bottom, click Restore Defaults.
Restart Firefox and check if sidebar icons reappear.

🔹 3. Check Extensions / Themes

Sometimes a theme or extension breaks the sidebar styling.
Go to Menu → Add-ons and themes (Ctrl+Shift+A).
Temporarily disable custom themes → use the default Light/Dark theme.
Disable sidebar-related extensions (like tab managers, AI sidebar helpers, etc.) and restart.

🔹 4. Refresh Firefox (Soft Reset)

If the above doesn’t work:

In the address bar, type:

about:support
On the right, click Refresh Firefox.
This resets settings and UI customizations but keeps your bookmarks, history, and passwords.

🔹 5. Create a New Profile (Test)

If refreshing doesn’t help:

Go to:

about:profiles
Click Create a New Profile → launch Firefox with it.
If the sidebar works fine here, your old profile’s config is corrupted (you can migrate bookmarks, logins, etc. later).

🔹 6. Check Hardware Acceleration / Graphics

Sometimes graphics acceleration makes UI elements invisible.

Go to Settings → General → Performance.
Uncheck Use recommended performance settings.
Uncheck Use hardware acceleration when available.
Restart Firefox and test again.

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Re: My Sidebar Experience

n7game — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:28:20 GMT

This sounds like a UI rendering bug in the new sidebar update, especially since the hover functions still work but icons and layout are not loading properly.

A few things you can try that often fix this:

Turn the sidebar off and back on in settings
Disable all extensions temporarily (then re-enable one by one)
Refresh the browser with “Hard Reload” (Ctrl + Shift + R)
Check about:config for sidebar-related settings reset
Create a new Firefox profile to test if it’s profile corruption
Try toggling hardware acceleration off in performance settings

Since you already updated Firefox and cleared cache, it does sound more like a profile/UI rendering issue than a theme problem.

If it continues, reporting it as a bug to Mozilla would be the best step.

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