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Somehow my yahoo mail is opening up in a sidebar and I can't get it out. Or it opens up as an overlay over all other tabs. Can anyone help? thanks

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Recently my yahoo mail has been opening up in the sidebar, or it is opening up as a full tab, but is overlayed over all other tabs and the only way I can get to the other tabs is to close the yahoo mail overlay. There are no controls showing except on the top left it says YMail (and YMail is how I have it listed in the menu bar if that has any bearing) and on the right is an X.

So, basically I can't keep my mail open in a tab and do anything else. I probably just hit some odd combination of keys, or it could be something with the latest update (ff39) but I don't know how to get it back to normal. It isn't happening with any other tabs or bookmarks.

I did research and couldn't find an answer. I opened with all add-ons disabled in safe mode, but the problem was still there. When I click on the 'show sidebars' it isn't listed (just bookmarks and history) so I can't uncheck it.

Anyone have any ideas? It's just a nuisance, but I'd love to have it solved. Thanks.

Recently my yahoo mail has been opening up in the sidebar, or it is opening up as a full tab, but is overlayed over all other tabs and the only way I can get to the other tabs is to close the yahoo mail overlay. There are no controls showing except on the top left it says YMail (and YMail is how I have it listed in the menu bar if that has any bearing) and on the right is an X. So, basically I can't keep my mail open in a tab and do anything else. I probably just hit some odd combination of keys, or it could be something with the latest update (ff39) but I don't know how to get it back to normal. It isn't happening with any other tabs or bookmarks. I did research and couldn't find an answer. I opened with all add-ons disabled in safe mode, but the problem was still there. When I click on the 'show sidebars' it isn't listed (just bookmarks and history) so I can't uncheck it. Anyone have any ideas? It's just a nuisance, but I'd love to have it solved. Thanks.

Chosen solution

Regarding opening in the sidebar:

The most common reason for this is a bookmark that was added directly by a website. Due to limitations on how sites work with bookmarks, these typically have an option set to open in a sidebar.

To fix that:

right-click the bookmark > Properties

Then uncheck the box at the bottom to "Load this bookmark in the sidebar"

Does that fix it?

Regarding being overlaid over other tabs:

I'm having trouble picturing this. Is the site going full screen? The F11 key switches between full screen and regular view. If the website generated a full screen panel, usually the ESC key will return it to normal.

If you see this again, you could experiment with those keys.

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Hello,

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Chosen Solution

Regarding opening in the sidebar:

The most common reason for this is a bookmark that was added directly by a website. Due to limitations on how sites work with bookmarks, these typically have an option set to open in a sidebar.

To fix that:

right-click the bookmark > Properties

Then uncheck the box at the bottom to "Load this bookmark in the sidebar"

Does that fix it?

Regarding being overlaid over other tabs:

I'm having trouble picturing this. Is the site going full screen? The F11 key switches between full screen and regular view. If the website generated a full screen panel, usually the ESC key will return it to normal.

If you see this again, you could experiment with those keys.

jscher2000 just found the solution -- said open the properties of the bookmark and uncheck the 'open in sidebar'.

Somehow my yahoo mail bookmark was checked for 'open in sidebar'. I didn't even know it existed and I'm pretty sure I never checked it. So, I unchecked it and ...problem solved.

thanks so much for taking the time to answer my question.