One of the reasons Mozilla Firefox is loved by so many is due to its flexibility. It allows users to tweak the web browsers based on how they want them to work. Besides add-ons, about:config is a great way to change some of the default settings. This article is going to show the basics on how you can change the way tabs can be displayed on your browser. __TOC__ =Configuring the Scrolling Tabs function= By default, Firefox will not reduce the width of the tabs. As a result, you have the scrolling function so that, the minimum width for the tabs will remain at 100px. If you are opening a lot of tabs in one window, the scrolling function enables you to scroll to find the desired tab. However, there are some people who do not like this scrolling function. You can use about:config to ask Firefox to display all tabs, if you do not mind them being very small. Apart from that, you can also adjust the value to a smaller number and Firefox will show more tabs. ==How to disable the scrolling tabs== #On the URL, type in '''about:config''' without the protocol http:// and www. #When prompt, click on the button '''I'll be careful, I promise''' [[Image:How to use about:config to configure Tabs on your browser]] #Type '''browser.tabs.tabMinWidth''' in the 'Search' bar and press 'Enter'. #Double click on 'browser.tabs.tabMinWidth' and you will see a new pop-up window. #Change the value to '0' if you wish to disable the scrolling tabs function. Otherwise, you can change the default value to a smaller value like 75 pixel in order to show more tabs in each strip. =Displaying close buttons on the tabs= By default, Firefox will display the close buttons on all tabs. Some may like it and others not so much. Using 'about:config', you can change this setting in 4 different ways. ==Changing the default setting for close buttons on tabs== #On the URL, type in '''about:config''' without the protocol e.g. http:// and www. #When prompt, click on the button '''I'll be careful, I promise''' #Type '''browser.tabs.closeButtons''' in the 'Search' bar and press 'Enter'. #Double click on 'browser.tabs.closeButtons' and you will see a new pop-up window. [[Image:Changing the default for close buttons on tabs]] #Change the value based on your preference. #*0 - Close button will display on active tabs only. #*1 - Close button will display on all tabs. This is typically the default setting. #*2 - Do not display any close button. #*3 - Only display one close button at the end of tab strip.

One of the reasons Mozilla Firefox is loved by so many is due to its flexibility. It allows users to tweak the web browsers based on how they want them to work. Besides add-ons, about:config is a great way to change some of the default settings. This article is going to show the basics on how you can change the way tabs can be displayed on your browser.

Configuring the Scrolling Tabs function

By default, Firefox will not reduce the width of the tabs. As a result, you have the scrolling function so that, the minimum width for the tabs will remain at 100px. If you are opening a lot of tabs in one window, the scrolling function enables you to scroll to find the desired tab. However, there are some people who do not like this scrolling function. You can use about:config to ask Firefox to display all tabs, if you do not mind them being very small. Apart from that, you can also adjust the value to a smaller number and Firefox will show more tabs.

How to disable the scrolling tabs

1. On the URL, type in about:config without the protocol http:// and www.
2. When prompt, click on the button I'll be careful, I promise

1. Type browser.tabs.tabMinWidth in the 'Search' bar and press 'Enter'.
2. Double click on 'browser.tabs.tabMinWidth' and you will see a new pop-up window.
3. Change the value to '0' if you wish to disable the scrolling tabs function. Otherwise, you can change the default value to a smaller value like 75 pixel in order to show more tabs in each strip.

Displaying close buttons on the tabs

By default, Firefox will display the close buttons on all tabs. Some may like it and others not so much. Using 'about:config', you can change this setting in 4 different ways.

Changing the default setting for close buttons on tabs

1. On the URL, type in about:config without the protocol e.g. http:// and www.
2. When prompt, click on the button I'll be careful, I promise
3. Type browser.tabs.closeButtons in the 'Search' bar and press 'Enter'.
4. Double click on 'browser.tabs.closeButtons' and you will see a new pop-up window.

1. Change the value based on your preference.
   • 0 - Close button will display on active tabs only.
   • 1 - Close button will display on all tabs. This is typically the default setting.
   • 2 - Do not display any close button.
   • 3 - Only display one close button at the end of tab strip.