How to remove the 'add to bookmarks' button to the left of the bookmarks button? Is there a way top remove this 'add to' button and only keep the bookmarks?
Dear support,
I've upgraded my browser to version 29 and now there's an 'add to bookmarks' button on the left of my bookmarks button. I dont want this extra button because I keep hitting it my mistake all the time when I want to see my bookmarks. I end up adding the current website to the list wich I dont want.
Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about. I marked the 'add to' button wich I want to get rid of: http://oi62.tinypic.com/2ihwaww.jpg
I only want the normal bookmarks button on my GUI without this 'add to bookmarks' button attached to it automatically!
Can you help me please?
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Actually, there is a way to get exactly what you want: You just need to install the Classic Theme Restorer add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/
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Hi, unfortunately there is no way to remove one without removing the other. You can move the icon to the tools menu though. To do that you click on the tools menu, then "customize". You can then drag the icon over.
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Actually, there is a way to get exactly what you want: You just need to install the Classic Theme Restorer add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/
Wow thanks alot Kadir! Much appreciated man :-)
Classic theme restorer adds a lot of clutter and affects the browser negatively in other aspects. It's ridiculouos change, to merge the two buttons in one entity! Keep hitting and adding bookmarks on pages I don't want, and this is driving me crazy. I don't want to install the next addon just to restore this idiotic idea to a sanity, of someone whose only job is to confuse and annoy users. WHY were these two buttons merged into one? Why aren't they spearate like the whole sane world does with its software! Sorry, but I stumbled on 4-5 issues after upgrading from 28 and I'm insanely disturbed by such nonsense.
The blue highlighted star gets an "Edit this bookmark" tooltip and if you click the star another time then you get the "Edit This Bookmark" dialog and can move the bookmark to another folder. The list icon next to it (tooltip: Show your bookmarks) is actually the drop marker of the star button and behaves as the Bookmarks Menu button (that also looked like a star) known from older Firefox versions.
It is possible to hide either of the two with code in userChrome.css, but you can't separate the two and position them individually without the CTR extension.
@namespace url("https://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
#bookmarks-menu-button .toolbarbutton-menubutton-button {display:none!important;}
#bookmarks-menu-button .toolbarbutton-menubutton-dropmarker {display:none!important;}
The customization files userChrome.css (user interface) and userContent.css (websites) are located in the chrome folder in the Firefox profile folder.
cor-el, this doesn't work for me. What I did was to install classic bookmark button add-on and remove the paired icon from the toolbar. That way I have the old and functional button to open my bookmarks.
The tooltips are of no use when you use the buttons - who is gonna wait precious milliseconds for the tooltip everytime... And namely the star button adds to the confusion - one expects to open the bookmarks menu. Adding new sites to bookmarks is way less frequent than opening the bookmarks. No excuse for this stupid decision. IMO.