The Navigation Toolbar contains the Back, Forward and other navigation buttons along with the Location Bar and Search Bar. If these or other toolbar items are missing, this article will show you how to restore them.

Showing the Navigation Toolbar

You may have the Navigation Toolbar hidden.

1. Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click on an empty section of the tab stripAt the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the View menu, select the Toolbars menu.
2. If Navigation Toolbar is not checked, click it to make the Navigation Toolbar visible.
   • If showing the Navigation Toolbar does not restore your missing buttons, continue to the next section.
     
     
     

Restoring the default toolbar set

1. Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click on an empty section of the tab stripAt the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the View menu, go down to the Toolbars menu and select Customize... to open the Customize Toolbar window.
2. Click Restore Default Set
   
   
   
3. Click Done to dismiss the Customize Toolbars window.

The default toolbar buttons should now appear in their default locations. If you would like to rearrange your toolbar items, see Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars. If your toolbar buttons are still missing, continue to the next section.

Check for interfering add-ons

An extension or theme may be preventing toolbar items from being displayed. To determine if this is the cause, see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.

Reset toolbars and controls

If the above methods fail to restore your toolbar buttons: First, start Firefox's Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox:

1. Click the menu button , click Help, select Troubleshoot Mode… and click Restart in the Restart Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode? dialog.

   Note: You can also start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode by holding down the Shift key while starting Firefox.holding down the option key while starting Firefox.quitting Firefox and then going to your Terminal and running: firefox -safe-mode
   You may need to specify the Firefox installation path (for example /usr/lib/firefox).
2. Check mark Reset toolbars and controls.
3. Click Make Changes and Restart to restart Firefox
   
   
   

The default toolbar buttons should now appear in their default locations.