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Where have the top right icons gone?

julesshed1 — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:15:35 GMT

Hi,

Firefox 145.0 (64 bit) has lost its (-) minimize, ([]) maximize and (X) close options which makes it completely unusable. Why?

Jules 😞

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

Agentvirtuel — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:33:51 GMT

Hello

Is it, about, the subject, the title bar.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1996961

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

siffemcon — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:44:22 GMT

Try pressing F11 2-3 times.

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

Heath — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:46:04 GMT

Can you reinstall/refresh Firefox? And see if that fixes it?

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

siffemcon — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:48:12 GMT

That most likely won't fix it.

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

Heath — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:53:09 GMT

Nothing hurts trying.

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

Agentvirtuel — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:30:13 GMT

Hello

To complement, apparently similars discussions.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/title-bar-visibility-setting-not-working-on-mozilla-firefox-145/m-p/110421
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/window-controls-are-off-screen/m-p/110150

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

julesshed1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:54:17 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for your help. The F11 trick did work. I know Firefox updated recently (v 145.0 64-bit) and that seemed to cause the top r/h icons to "disappear". I sometimes use Nortons program updater feature which is what I did when this happened. I'll stick to updating stuff properly! Jules 🙂

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

Agentvirtuel — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:24:58 GMT

As far as i'm concerned my update software App is voluntarily deactivated, that's my strategy.
https://support.kaspersky.com/help/Kaspersky/Win21.22/fr-FR/127694.htm
https://support.kaspersky.com/help/Kaspersky/Win21.22/fr-FR/127466.htm

And for information purposes, as far as i'm concerned.

With the help of Enterprise Policy Generator.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/enterprise-policy-generator

{ "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true } }

DisableAppUpdate https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/upgrade-notification-spam/m-p/64080/highlight/true#M22529

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1509058#answer-1729483 - https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/fonts-formatting-and-the-never-ending-updating/m-p/95117/highlight/true#M37113 by way of illustration.

Update Firefox to the latest release https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-release, that's my strategy.

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

siffemcon — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:26:50 GMT

It's not your or Norton's fault - just another bug. You'll have to do the fix every time you restart until the bug is fixed.

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

julesshed1 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:31:40 GMT

Hi All

although I marked the F11 as a solution, I think I should have described it as a temporary fix. I have uninstalled 145.0. Then I went through and weeded out all the bits that related to Firefox manually. I obviously missed something somewhere as on a fresh download and install it wanted to reinstall it (so not a fresh install) as it detected that Firefox had been installed before. The first attempt failed. The second attempt succeeded but the problem still exists (F11 fix). I think you are right in suggesting this might be a bug.

These are the extensions/plugins I use to give a better explanation of the configuration.

Many thanks for your help & ideas

Jules😀😀

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

siffemcon — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:55:06 GMT

> I think you are right in suggesting this might be a bug.

It IS a bug, as mentioned by Agentvirtuel way above 🙂

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

julesshed1 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:44:17 GMT

Thank you,

I now know its a bug. Unfortunately, due to a combination of ADHD, OCD and complex PTSD, I have to let my brain through its course of my non-standard thought processes so I that am happy that I have proved it myself. It is not denigrating to those who (most of whom are far better qualified than me) have identified the bug. I submitted further information in case there was something else awry that I had missed. I had hoped my additional input might help. Based on parts of my experience, I don't think I shall use this (undoubtedly useful) forum any more. Thank you for all your responses and I wish you all well,

Jules

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

ThomasBishop — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 15:07:09 GMT

I have the same problem. Have to resize the window to make the upper right icons show - only sometimes.

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

ecmarm — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:57:10 GMT

Even running brand-new Firefox 147.0, the problem remains for me. To clarify: "the problem" is that the standard Windows title bar is missing when starting Firefox in the maximized state, which is my preference, despite my having checked the "Title Bar" checkbox under "Customize Toolbar...", running on Windows 10 Home ver. 10.0.19045. (Maybe it's also worth emphasizing that the maximized state and fullscreen mode -- F11 -- are two different things.)

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

curriculumplate — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:43:32 GMT

Problem continues in 148 for me too. I have Windows 10 and this problem persists even in Firefox Nightly.

Pressing F11 twice "fixes" this, but the problem persists that when you close firefox and open it the title bar is not there until you tap F11. And of course "title bar" is checked in "customize toolbar".

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

siffemcon — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:12:04 GMT

The bug is still open.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2010302

Re: Where have the top right icons gone?

curriculumplate — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:17:14 GMT

Yep.

Same bug still in Firefox 148.0.2 (64-bit)

How can this not be fixed?