How can I widen the width of my Tabs in Firefox Quantum?
Is there a way to fix how tiny (width-wise) the tabs are since the Quantum update? I do not need to increase the font size of the tabs (it didn't fix my issue when I tried it.) I use a lot of tabs for multi-tasking and being able to quickly distinguish between tabs (especially similar ones) is important. So while I know have many tabs up does shrink their size a little bit, they're noticeably smaller since the Quantum update. Currently I'm only able to see 4-6 letters per tab title, and even less than that when the tab is selected. This is a problem since it impairs the usability of having multiple tabs open, and I need to be able to tell them apart quickly without having to click on them.
Previous I was able to see a full word (or just about) in each tab with the same amount of tabs up.
I'm including a screenshot with some of the same tabs in each picture included for comparison, which can be seen here: https://screenshots.firefox.com/VMH44bWx1Xwd8PF6/mg.mail.yahoo.com . The longer one is the Before-Update Tabs and the shorter image is the New Tabs that are not long enough.
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hi Sinais2, you can change the minimal width of tabs like this: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.tabs.tabMinWidth. double-click it and change its value to something higher that fits your needs...
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hi Sinais2, you can change the minimal width of tabs like this: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.tabs.tabMinWidth. double-click it and change its value to something higher that fits your needs...
Thanks! That fixed it.
(For anyone else who has this issue, making the width 90 in "browser.tabs.tabMinWidth"was recommended elsewhere and seems to be a good place to start width-wise. :) )