Please, please allow us to place the tabs at the bottom

[Sonoiooo]

Please, please allow us to place the tabs at the bottom

[Krakadoom]

Signed. Last update broke the workaround, yet again. I don't understand why developers think they know what people should prefer - instead of giving options.

It was supported earlier, so.

[job]

Tabs on bottom has been a sticking barb ever since Firefox hidden the option in version 15 and finally removed the option out-of-the-box in 28 (Australis). The past argument against the reintroduction of the option, which is the availability of add-ons doing the job, is no longer relevant ever since the browser customization provided by add-ons have been hugely reduced since 57 (Quantum). The only argument remotely relevant is the added maintenance cost, which I am very skeptical of given that it's a simple CSS change, and looking at the other more complicated yet arguably less useful features added to the browser core over time...

As someone who currently has to use userChrome.css to bring back tabs on bottom, I would very much welcome the return of this option which I believe still has a unignorable, sizeable amount of people who stand by the "superior UX" of this placement of tabs. And it should be user-friendly to do so just like before Firefox 15: right-click context menu via any of the toolbars (as well as the Customize Toolbars page).

Another possible solution would be to introduce an API in WebExtensions to allow add-ons to customize the position of the tab bar, but it still would be ideal to just provide the option out-of-the-box instead of having to install an add-on, given that it's a former feature whose removal really got very controversial at the time.

[funk443]

Mozilla please

[cljahn]

Frankly, since FF used to have this feature, this request should be considered a bug fix, and not a wish list item.  We should never have lost this.

[kdato]

I use this userChrome.css, which works well for me to give me tabs below the URL bar on Firefox 113.

https://github.com/COOLak/firefox-csshacks/blob/master/chrome/tabs_on_bottom.css

Make sure you have the file in the right place. Also, in FF's about:config, don't forget to set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true.

[stevie22b]

kdato, That is how i get around the problem. I am so grateful to the people that write these scripts. Trouble is, we are never sure how long it will be before a Firefox update stops that script from working correctly. And then, and if your like me and do not have a clue how to fix the issue, we are then back to Google searching in hope that someone's amended the script so that it works once more.

I am on Firefox 113, and it's been bugging me everyday to download the latest update, but because i am not sure if it's going to break the function of the script again i am holding off on the update. And i know people that have gone into the registry and edited it so that it prevents Firefox from updating again. Obviously not the best of ideas.

If the devs at Firefox would simply allow us to put the tab bar where it should be, all of this would be avoided. If people can get the tab bar where they want it to be via a script, then why is it so hard for the Firefox team to give us the option?

[MeganB]

You could try Floorp, which is based on Firefox and allows the tab bar to be placed at the bottom of the screen.

[MeganB]

You could try Floorp, a Firefox-based browser that allows tabs on the bottom.

[usability]

I work as a usability expert, and tabs belong to the content window more than any other headline.
Thus, they should always be at the bottom of the headlines directly above the content, no matter what programming ideology mandates.

I also like the menu bar and a search box in the title bar, replacing the almost useless title.
This way I don't lose screen estate to boilerplate.

[StylaX]

Yes,please. Vivaldi,Opera and Samsung browser on android has this feature,and it's so good we don't have to press 2 buttons for switching tabs only 1 button. It increases productivity.

[Loneck]

Tabs on bottom

Put back the option to place tabs on bottom under address bar and bookmarks bar.

[lg58]

Move Tabs Below Location Bar

At least give me the option to put the tabs where I need them to be. Please.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[benderino]

Unfortunately upgraded to latest version (118) and now my tabs are at the top and I can't figure out how to put them back below the address bar.

I will just copy all my pages to another browser and check with Firefox next year.

I cannot work with a browser with the tabs above the address bar. It's too inefficient, and the wrong order of things. You have to travel to your house before you can be in your house. It's similar to Apple putting the address bar at the bottom of the screen in iOS but at least they gave the option to put it back at top.

[kdato]

I feel ya, benderino. Same here. Found a css sheet that puts the tabs back below, but the tabs look ugly. When I have time, I try to merge the old css sheet that has nice looking tabs with the new sheet that puts the tabs below. If I manage I'll post the sheet here.