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How to "Remove tiny unselectable space over tabs"?

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I can't select a tab just clicking at the top most part of the tab and It's really annoying to me coming form google chrome. After looking at the performance of the new Mozilla I decided to switch, so please help me!

I can't select a tab just clicking at the top most part of the tab and It's really annoying to me coming form google chrome. After looking at the performance of the new Mozilla I decided to switch, so please help me!
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Try this code in userChrome.css. You can try to set the margin-top to '0' or to '-1' to see what works.

Add code to the userChrome.css file below the default @namespace line.


@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */


#TabsToolbar { margin-top: -1 !important; }

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

  • create the chrome folder (lowercase) in the <xxxxxxxx>.default profile folder if this folder doesn't exist
  • use a plain text editor like Notepad to create a (new) userChrome.css file in the chrome folder (file name is case sensitive)
  • paste the code in the userChrome.css file in the editor window
  • make sure that the userChrome.css file starts with the default @namespace line
  • 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 userChrome.css.
    otherwise Windows may add a hidden .txt file extension and you end up with a not working userChrome.css.txt file

(edited to fix '01' typo to '-1' - c)

Modified by cor-el

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That blue line isn't a clickable part of the tab? It should be.

In recent months, when users reported an area above the tabs making it impossible to activate a tab (or the new tab button) by clicking at the top of the screen (in a maximized window), the problem was multiple displays with different resolutions. Firefox was not resizing things correctly on the second display.

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Thanks for the replies guys. It got fixed with the latest update. But thanks for the quick response.