Recent answers to How can I eliminate the search field in the new tab page?https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/10492572015-02-28T08:47:02-08:00You're welcome.
2015-02-28T08:47:02-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696924<p>You're welcome.
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You can only use the code to hide the #newtab-search-container and leave out the code 2015-02-28T08:13:39-08:00paulrihttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696912<p><em>cor-el <a href="#answer-696909" rel="nofollow">said</a></em>
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You can only use the code to hide the #newtab-search-container and leave out the code to hide the margins.
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<p>That's fine. I deleted those other two lines and the tiles are more or less centered---most importantly, without that search field.
</p><p>Thanks for your help. Next time I see a solution with CSS I won't have to scroll past it.
</p>You can only use the code to hide the #newtab-search-container and leave out the code to hide the ma2015-02-28T08:10:14-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696909<p>You can only use the code to hide the #newtab-search-container and leave out the code to hide the margins.
</p>Thanks. That got rid of the search field.
Now, however, the tiles are bunched up at teh top. How do 2015-02-28T08:06:39-08:00paulrihttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696905<p>Thanks. That got rid of the search field.
</p><p>Now, however, the tiles are bunched up at teh top. How do I put a margin between the top row of tiles and the URL bar?
</p>Sorry, that code should be in the userContent.css file and not in userChrome.css.
I will edit my abo2015-02-28T08:02:32-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696903<p>Sorry, that code should be in the userContent.css file and not in userChrome.css.
I will edit my above post to correct this.
</p><p>The userContent.css shouldn't have the @namespace line that is required for userChrome.css.
</p>OK I set up my userChrome file, restarted FF twice, but I'm still seeing the search field.
I took a2015-02-28T07:55:13-08:00paulrihttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696900<p>OK I set up my userChrome file, restarted FF twice, but I'm still seeing the search field.
</p><p>I took a screenshot so you can see if I did anything wrong:
<a href="http://paulrittman.com/userchrome.png" rel="nofollow">http://paulrittman.com/userchrome.png</a>
</p>OK I've been using Ff enough over the years, I suppose its time I learned a css hack or two. I've on2015-02-28T07:25:51-08:00paulrihttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696887<p>OK I've been using Ff enough over the years, I suppose its time I learned a css hack or two. I've only applied them to individual websites, which of course changed, rendering my hacks obsolete, so I just left CSS alone.
</p><p>But I see here that this can be very useful. OK I'll take the nudge and plunge into css. Thanks.
</p>You can hide the search bar and the margins at the top and bottom with code in the userContent.css f2015-02-28T07:16:56-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696884<p>You can hide the search bar and the margins at the top and bottom with code in the userContent.css file to get more space for tiles.
</p><p>You can add code to the <b>userContent.css</b> file.
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<ul><li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/userContent.css" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/userContent.css</a>
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<pre>@-moz-document url(about:newtab) {
#newtab-margin-top,
#newtab-margin-bottom,
#newtab-search-container { display:none !important; }
}</pre>
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<p>The customization files userContent.css (websites) and userChrome.css (user interface) are located in the <b>chrome</b> folder in the Firefox profile folder.
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<ul><li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration</a>
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<p>You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
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<ul><li>Help &gt; Troubleshooting Information &gt; Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
</li><li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox</a>
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<ul><li>Create the chrome folder (lowercase) in the &lt;xxxxxxxx&gt;.default profile folder if this folder doesn't exist
</li><li>Use a plain text editor like Notepad to create a (new) userContent.css file in the chrome folder (file name is case sensitive)
</li><li>Paste the code in the userContent.css file in the editor window
</li><li>Make sure that you select "All files" and not "Text files" when you save the file via "Save file as" in the text editor as userContent.css.<br>Otherwise Windows may add a hidden .txt file extension and you end up with a not working userContent.css.txt file
</li></ul>Thanks, I tinkered with that a bit. That does what I asked for, but the appearance of the tiles was 2015-02-27T21:48:49-08:00paulrihttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696686<p>Thanks, I tinkered with that a bit. That does what I asked for, but the appearance of the tiles was a bit more distracting than the search field was, so I disabled it. But this is a solution.
</p>Hi, the Add-on New Tab Tools will do that. (It's fine in v36, but can't be certain about v37 though)2015-02-27T15:44:16-08:00Scribe_ukhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1049257#answer-696598<p>Hi, the Add-on <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/?src=search" rel="nofollow">New Tab Tools</a> will do that. (It's fine in v36, but can't be certain about v37 though).
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