Firefox: Hide Bookmark Toolbar Icons
I noticed that on my wordpress.com hosted blog, my post about a way to get a little extra space in your bookmarks toolbar has been getting some attention, so I thought I would re-share this small wonder with the group that reads this blog….
I know a few people that just have the various favicons only displaying on the bookmark toolbar. I tried this and hated it. After several days the favicons would just disappear, and a blank white page would be there. To see what link it was I had to hover and get the title. After a searching, I got it to work.
First off, it is wise to install ChromeEdit, an extension that allows you to edit your Firefox profile. Once installed you can open ChromeEdit from Tools > Edit User Files. All you will need is the first tab, userChrome.css. You just can paste the following into the bottom of the textbox and it save.
/* Hide bookmark icons in the Personal Toolbar */
toolbarbutton.bookmark-item > .toolbarbutton-icon {
display: none; }
You will need to restart Firefox to see the results.
If you don’t want to install the ChromeEdit extension, you can do the following:
- Locate the chrome directory: C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[Profile Name]\chrome\
- If you use Mac OSX, the directory is: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/[Profile Name]/chrome.css
- Create the file userChrome.css - the title is important
- Paste the above CSS code in
- Save
- Start up FireFox
I found this pretty helpful in saving toolbar space, I went from almost a full toolbar to just over half full.
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I have been trying to change the icons on several bookmark sites. At one time I downloaded a file that put an item in the properties of the site but I had to reload my os and now I cannot find the file on the internet. So you know of a file or program that will do this?
Thanks
Landon
1 Mar 07 at 13:35
Landon,
I am assuming that you mean you want to be able to use the little R for my site to represent your GMail bookmark? The little file that is associated with the R is downloaded and stored with that particular site. So off the top of my head I do not know how that connection is made (and stored) for you locally. I would do a search for: favicon customization, or favicon bookmark/favorites customization.
The thing you are wanting to change is called the favicon. So having that in your search keywords are crucial. Wish I could help more, if I totally missed your question let me know.
RyanB
1 Mar 07 at 18:12
Thanks for coming back to me. In the meantime I found what I was looking for here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3176/
It was Favicon Picker 2
It adds a little search engine for icons in the properties section of the sites that I wanted to change the icon on.
I ask this question in the “official” firefox site but did not get an answer.
Thanks again
Landon
Landon
1 Mar 07 at 20:00
No problem. May I ask why you’d want to pick your own? How long ago did you ask, my questions there took a few days to a week to answer.
RyanB
1 Mar 07 at 20:18
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