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so for some stupid reason this thread is locked https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1184503?page=2

its 2 months old, so why lock it? anyways the problem that people i think are having is that they dont know where to put userChrome-tabs_on_bottom.css . You need to be pasting the content of this file into your profile directory in a specific place:

"C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\XXXXXXXXXXXX.default\chrome\userChrome.css"

replace XX's with your values to your own system. Simply append the content of the tabs on bottom file, to the bottom of the userchrome.css file. if you dont have this file, then you need to generate it as per this document http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserChrome.css&printable=yes

moderators should not lock useful threads that are practically brand new. stupid. its the first search result for this problem. if mozila is going to be screwing with peoples shit, at least you could not lock useful threads so that people can describe fixes. Telling people to go watch a video when they might be at work is silly and just gets ad revenue for the video producer. This is a simple fix that should be simply text documented as i have tried to do above.

so for some stupid reason this thread is locked https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1184503?page=2 its 2 months old, so why lock it? anyways the problem that people i think are having is that they dont know where to put userChrome-tabs_on_bottom.css . You need to be pasting the content of this file into your profile directory in a specific place: "C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\XXXXXXXXXXXX.default\chrome\userChrome.css" replace XX's with your values to your own system. Simply append the content of the tabs on bottom file, to the bottom of the userchrome.css file. if you dont have this file, then you need to generate it as per this document http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserChrome.css&printable=yes moderators should not lock useful threads that are practically brand new. stupid. its the first search result for this problem. if mozila is going to be screwing with peoples shit, at least you could not lock useful threads so that people can describe fixes. Telling people to go watch a video when they might be at work is silly and just gets ad revenue for the video producer. This is a simple fix that should be simply text documented as i have tried to do above.

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This is already documented like so:

Firefox's style or appearance can be modified by creating a chrome folder inside your Firefox profile folder and then placing a userChrome.css file inside, that includes a custom style rule. The rules you put in the userChrome.css file will override the default styles in Firefox.

Note: Custom style rules might not work every time because of other factors (such as incompatibility with other custom style rules) beyond the Mozilla community's control. Your custom style rule might also stop working each time a new Firefox release comes out.

Here's how to modify Firefox so that tabs are shown below the address (URL) bar instead of at the top:

If your Firefox profile folder already has a chrome folder containing userChrome.css:
Go to https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html and copy the CSS rules under the "Move the Tab Bar Below the Other Toolbars" example here into your userChrome.css file. After saving your changes and closing the file, you should turn on your Firefox title bar or menu bar on Windows. (The CSS rules you copied include other suggestions as comments.)

Otherwise, follow these instructions:
(See this help page and our community member's video starting at 8:45 for more information.)

  1. Open your currently active profile folder: Type about:support in the Firefox address bar and, under the "Application Basics" section next to "Profile Folder", click Open Folder (Windows) Open Directory (Linux) or Show in Finder (Mac).
    • On Mac, a folder will open that contains your profile folder. Open the selected profile folder (it will be named something like xxxxxxxx.default for a default profile).
  2. Create a new folder named chrome inside the profile folder.
    • Create a desktop shortcut to the chrome folder, if you wish, for easier future access.
  3. Download and save this file, then move it into that chrome folder:
    https://www.userchrome.org/samples/userChrome-tabs_on_bottom.css
  4. Rename the file from "userChrome-tabs_on_bottom.css" to userChrome.css
    • On Windows: If the file you saved was named "userChrome-tabs_on_bottom" (the .css was missing), rename the file userChrome instead (see the note below).
  5. Restart Firefox, which will discover the new userChrome file and apply the rules.

Tip: Turn on your title bar, or the menu bar on Windows, after you've made these changes.

Note for Windows users:
On Windows, file name extensions are hidden by default. If the file you downloaded was saved as "userChrome-tabs_on_bottom" without the .css extension, that means Windows is hiding file name extensions. In that case, you must rename the file userChrome so that you don't end up with a file named "userChrome.css.css" that won't work. To set Windows to show file name extensions, see this Microsoft article for Windows 7. See these fileinfo.com articles for Windows 8 and Windows 10.