"Tab preview" drop-down / "list all tabs"

[Postone]

"Tab preview" in Firefox 131.0, and "list all tabs" button. WTF, are you people doing? If you implement something new, you MUST include a clear way to either disable it, or remove it! I've tried the so-called fixes in about:config, and they don't work!! One work around browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled is bull**bleep**! It doesn't work, and neither does the "preview tabs drop-down" fix work either.

I've been using Firefox for well over ten years, computers for 25 almost 26 years. THERE IS NO FIX FOR THIS COLOSSAL F-UP!

And, again, when you make changes to the Firefox browser, make it an option to opt OUT! Or, give a clear fix, so we can undo your screw-ups!

And, we can only post 1 **bleep** snapshot. WTF?

Stop smoking that crap!

[karlobistricki]

One thing that really baffles me is that during toolbar customization you can remove the new tab button (or really any other button), but you can't remove this tab manager button. This lack of consistency is honestly irritating. Please do something about this, Mozilla.

[Postone]

And, you're abolutely right! Well, firefox is clearly NOT thinking when they impliment these kind of changes, without out a clear way to disable or delete them! I will say, up to this point, I was able to fix everything I didn't like or wanted to change, (with the exception of the above) disable or delete in Firefox. But, not anyone I guess.

Cheers...

[Agentvirtuel · Accepted solution]

Hello

About, Show an image preview when you hover on a tab, take a look at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/here-s-what-we-re-working-on-in-firefox/m-p/72398/highlig..., take a look at about the preference about:config browser.tabs.hoverPreview.enabled and test

About, List all tabs button, take a look at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/make-quot-list-all-tabs-quot-button-optional/idc-p/72413/highli...

[Postone]

While I appreciate your help Agentvirtuel, I'm simply NOT jumping through hoops to fix something that shouldn't have to be fixed. These coders at Firefox, could easily put in an "opt out" or "tic, or un-tic a box", for anything they change or to revert the changes, so that the end user could make any unwanted changes. Apparently, that's just too much to hope for. It seems, when compared to 10, or 15 yrs ago, things are getting worse, and more complicated, rather than easier. I'm 66.5 yrs old, I've been doing this a while, but I simply do NOT have the desire or the motivation to make these involved changes.

However, thank you Agentvirtuel, I do appreciate your time, and willingness to help…

I have an Acer laptop, running Windows 7 Pro. (Also, an HP desktop running Win 11 Pro which is using the update FF browser) The Win 7 machine runs Firefox legacy (115.16) which is not going to change, and so the fine people at Firefox, can't F that up! J

Cheers...

[ThePillenwerfer]

Exactly.  All it needs is one instance of ‘removable="false"’ changing to ‘removable="true"’ in the code.

The CSS to get rid is:—

/* Get rid of Show All Tabs icon */
.tabs-alltabs-button {display: none !important;}

[Postone]

CSS, huh? You say that like everyone knows exactly what you're talking about. That's the problem with a lot of the help in these forums. You need to start at "point 1", then go to "point 2", then to point 3, etc...

Not everyone knows what you're speaking of. You're at a level that some folks might not be at. So, start at the beginning, and go through the process point by point to the end. Don't start in the middle. Start at the very start, OR AT THE "VERY" BEGINNING!

You posted, "All it needs is one instance of removable="false" changing to ‘removable="true"’ in the code". So you don't tell anyone how to go through the process, about:config, blah, blah, blah. You're starting in the middle, again! Even though I do understand what you're talking about in this instance, I don't understand what you mean when you post (/* Get rid of Show All Tabs icon */
.tabs-alltabs-button {display: none !important;}) <---- What are you taking about? Explain it in plain English from "start to finish". Because I have no clue. Don't assume someone knows what you're speaking of, start from the beginning, going all the way through to the FINISH!

Everyone has to learn. They don't just come out, (including you) all knowing. We all had to learn somewhere, and at some point!

That about:config tweek does NOT WORK! I tried it. It doesn't stop or change a thing on my instance of firefox 131.0!!

Firefox, F'edup period! They need to fix this BS, and fix it now! I don't have time for this crap! WTF, wantd to see a drop down window in Firefox, and a pretty good size window too! I don't, I know that. I'm in the process of sending Firefox an actuall letter, asking them how they could have possible thought ANYONE would want a drop down, when the tab already says what it is!

The people at Firefox, need to STOP SMOKING THAT CRAP...

[mad_muffinz]

This is where you start
https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html

[Zoutpeper]

Having to mess about with the console and pretending to be chrome user is not a solution. A solution would be to be able to disable said button, like we could before, or just be able to drag it of my bar.

[Unaccounted4]

I would very much appreciate it if Firefox could stop pushing "features" I'd already disabled into my view without my consent. If I wanted a stupid button I can't get rid off with redundant functionality, I'd be using Chrome. Instead of telling people to edit userChrome.css for the umpteenth time, please just make it so people can disable the button by either right clicking on it, being able to drag it out of the tabs bar, or even in the Settings screen. This decision seems really bass ackwards.

[Postone]

Amen brother...

[ThePillenwerfer]

My remark "All it needs is one instance of ‘removable="false"’ changing to ‘removable="true"’ in the code" was to show how easy it would be for the Firefox developers to give us what we want.  Users can't do it.

Here's full instructions for using Custom CSS, which are already widely available. 

Open about:config and set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true.

Now go to about:support. Look down the blue block on the left of the screen that will open until you come to "Profile Directory". Click the "Open Directory" button next to it. This will open your Profile Directory in Windows Explorer, or whatever file browser your system uses.

Make a directory/folder in that called chrome, all lower case.

Now open Notepad or whatever text editor you like and paste this into it:—

/* Get rid of Show All Tabs icon */
.tabs-alltabs-button {display: none !important;}

Save it as userChrome.css (all lower case apart from the C in the middle). Make sure it has saved as userChrome.css and not userChrome.css.txt. In Windows you can right-click it and open Properties to see its full name. Correct it if needed — right-click then Rename — then drag it into the new chrome folder you made.

Restart Firefox for it to take effect.

If you don't know how to create a new folder/directory (different names for the same thing) I respectfully suggest you do a search for it.  When I last used Windows you could right-click somewhere in the existing folder and choose New and then Folder but that may have changed since XP and Vista.  Leading somebody by the hand is difficult as computer systems vary as does the way people have them set-up.

I'm on your side that this sort of messing about shouldn't be required.

As for having to learn, I only started using Firefox a few months ago.  I am not even a amateur computer programmer and I've picked things up though internet searches and trial and error.  A search for "firefox css" would have given you the same information that I have in this post and taken less time than composing your request here did.  Were I "all-knowing" I'd be re-writing Firefox from the ground up to my liking.

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/ugly-tab-search-icon-can-t-be-hidden-or-removed-mozilla-e... in addition

[gargantuaworks]

Sounds like some new hire trying to make a name for themself by coming up with a new 'feature'.

[hippilessrich]

yeah there is no reson for that stupid search tab besides to piss people of everything i use or need is in my o.g drop down menu , any of the stupid ideas for icon or widgets is garbage ! im so sick of turning on my computer and seening a bunch of new crap installed and turned on by default and not removable ! im starting to understand why people go postal ,because people just **bleep** with people reality and give the no choice to remove some assholes stupid idea from there happy spot . which is excatly what sopme **bleep** has done here with this stupid search tabs icon , give us a way to **bleep**ing remove this piece of uselless annoying crap ! if you add anything you must give a option to **bleep**ing remove it , its one simple way to make everyone happy dont you assholes understand that ?

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/131.0/releasenotes

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The Tab overview (List all tabs) menu has received a new, refreshed icon.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-overview-menu

If you want to get back the old arrow icon
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/ugly-tab-search-icon-can-t-be-hidden-or-removed-mozilla-e...