Make Active Tab Wider

Simple tweak to make your active tab wider. Using ChromEdit add the following lines to your userChrome.css file:

/* Make the active tab wider */
#content tab[selected="true"] {
min-width: 200px !important;
}

Once you have added these lines, click Save, then Restart; your active tab will be wider than the inactive tabs when Firefox restarts. Notes: You can substitute any value for the ‘200px’. This tweak works for Fx 2 & 3.

Tip Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog

Removing ‘Live Feed’ Button

Along with the ‘Go’ Button and the Bookmark ‘Star’ (Fx 3) buttons there is also a ‘Live Feed’ button to add clutter to the address bar:

To remove the ‘Live Feed’ Button use ChromEdit and add the following lines to your userChrome.css file:

/* Remove live feed icon in Address url toolbar */
#feed-button {
display: none !important;
}

Once you have added these lines, click Save, then Restart; the ‘Live Feed’ button will be gone when Firefox restarts. Note: This tweak works for Fx 2 & 3.

Tip Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog

Fx 3: Removing Bookmark ‘Star’ Button

As if the ‘Go’ Button weren’t bad enough, Firefox 3 adds a Bookmark ‘Star’ Button to the address bar.

This ‘feature’ allows you to bookmark the current page you are browsing. This can also be accomplished by pressing CTRL+D (Add Bookmark), selecting Bookmark This Page from either the Bookmarks or Context (right-click) menu. To remove the Bookmark ‘Star’ Button use ChromEdit and add the following lines to your userChrome.css file:

/* Remove the Bookmark star */
#star-button {
display: none !important; }

Once you have added these lines, click Save, then Restart; the ‘Star’ will be gone when Firefox restarts.

Tip Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog

Fx 3: Removing The Search ‘Go’ Button

In going through my list of tweaks I have discovered the Removing The Search ‘Go’ Button tweak does not work with Firefox 3. If you have found a way to remove the Search Magnifying Glass, please Contact The Guru so I can update this for our fellow Firefox 3 users.

I am still having troubles removing the address bar ‘Go Button’, which now only shows up if there is not an address in the address bar. While looking for a solution for that issue I came across Early Adopters: Your Firefox 3 chrome tweaks are HERE. Turns out the string in UserChrome.css has changed slightly. Here is the text you need to copy into your UserChrome.css file:

/*Remove the search button (magnifying glass) */
.search-go-button { display: none !important; }

New Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog