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Sonoiooo
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Status: New idea

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

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K7KOJ
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This is a big issue for me with Firefox.  Perhaps a deal breaker; I'm considering alternatives now.

Who likes tabs way up top?  It's annoying to use.  Is there a purpose to agitating users?  At least give an option to move the tabs back where they are easily reached.

I'll wait to see the next update.  If this is not fixed by then, I will abandon Firefox for something else.

Ravensblade
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You can work it out somehow with userChrome but that's a lot of options for something that was already there. Then you need to config it's width because it takes huge part of the screen.

 

There was option in about:config for tabs below address bar. It was removed.A lot of useless stuff is added but options are removed.


I know that the tabs on top is currently trendy, but that's all. Why you try to force it on everyone.

fabfox
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Hello it's is still so difficult to place these tabs under the search bar. Especially when you know nothing about the script and css file... If a "little genius" among you could recreate a little menu inside tools or an add on? or a little script? which again appears a menu as simple as in the old version 4.

It would become without EXAGGERATING the HERO of Millions of firefox user and I don’t think exaggerate about this

paufg2000
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""(Note: a similar idea has been merged into this thread)

ja und? das sehe ich selber; denn alle haben das gleiche Problem oder Wunsch. Aber es passiert nichts ! ! !

Yes and? I see that myself; because everyone has the same problem or desire. But nothing happens! !

Imanalien2020
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I cant stand developers incoherent layouts for browsers. Like when i use Soul Browser on Android i have my tabs and search bar at the bottom of my screen. You know why? Because in the world of UX, common sense and convenience for the end user WHO in their left mind would put tabs/search/apps on top of the screen? My fingers are on the bottom of my phone as I hold it. I dont have E.T. fingers for cripes sake. Also with a PC having the whole enchilada on the bottom of my screen ALL my buttons, apps search etc are all bundled near each other, instead of moving my mose a thousand times a day from the top of the page to the bottom back to the top and on and on and on. SO PLEASE with a turkey on top allow us to PUT the whole address/search and tab bar on the bottom of my screen. The only Browser I know that does that is Vivaldi Browser, which is a great browser but its appearance factor is its biggest plus. I dont want to use that browser nor any other but this is the LAST negative for me in your browser design. Thanks

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

On mobile app

Frank2
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You broke it again. Why isn't there an option to put the tabs below the address bar above the tabs?!?! It used to be that you could do that with a css file in the Chrome folder but now even that doesn't work. Why isn't this something that can be done with a simple click? WTF is going on?

jscher2000
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Your rules need to be updated for Firefox 108. For help, see r/FirefoxCSS on Reddit.

As for bringing it back to Firefox, the bars were flipped in Firefox 4 and the preference to revert the change was removed in Firefox 29. Considering how long it has been, I wouldn't hold your breath. But you could check over on the "Ideas" section and vote for this if someone has submitted it.

Laurentide
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Remember when Firefox was known for its customizability? What happened to that? It is absolutely appalling that Mozilla now expects the end user to have advanced technical knowledge and time to waste on fixing the ever-breaking CSS file just to do something as simple as moving the tab bar down a few rows. This used to be a radio button in the options menu! Why has every major (and now minor) update made this progressively more difficult to do? 

I don't know why Mozilla has such a vendetta against people who like having their tabs in a sensible location but I'm turning off updates until they get over it. 

STS_56
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I Agree let USERS decide where the Address Bar goes my recent update to ver 109 Win 10 64 bit put in the the Toolbar window as opposed to between the Menu Bar and the Tabs. It irritates me so much I had to complete my registration in order to VENT. I have been a Firefox user since it originally came into being.... Netscape before that... In all these years you've never done anything that pisses me off more as there were usually a work around. I thought the days of software companies deciding how we the users would like things. Maybe you like it this way... Maybe I don't... its a great product don't get me wrong!! I have contributed $$ in the past as I believe most regular users should acknowledge what a  great program it is. I think it is.... at least on Windows. SO lease fix this in the next update... so annoying as I have a lot of bookmark menus on my tool bar and the address/search window their just messes it up by its place and ends up hiding them behind the >>

Simone
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I would like to have an option for placing the tabs under the address bar, is it an option someone would be interested too?

TheNaja
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Bring back the tabs bar BELOW the address and bookmaks bars.

Hello,

Yes, indeed, another occurrence of this everlasting request.

Use addons : no, they broke one after the others in the last 10 years they were introduced after this functionality was not built in anymore.

Use userchrome.css : I also tried, but no, I need to cross fingers, toes, and whatever I can after each update. v109 was such a nighmare that I removed my complete userchrome.css.

So, I don't want to see the word 'userchrome.css' or 'addon' at all in any of the answers that might be provided.

The question is: when will it be finally possible to have an option in the settings so the user can choose to have the tabs bar BELOW the bookmarks bar. After so many years and so many requests from so many people, how is it possible we have never been heard ?

I had a very interesting discussion with one of you in the support forum, it's not very long, I really encourage you to read it before answering : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1403668

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

hambonz55
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tabs BELOW the bookmarks tool bar

leskovec
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tab bar at bottom (like safari has on ipad) would make firefox a top contender for my browser

STS_56
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 Still waiting for the search bar to be separate from Tabs I prefer the way it was, Change it or give us the option