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Removal of New "List All Tabs" Button.

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A new version of the "List All Tabs" appeared on my toolbar today, shown on the left and hovered over in the attached screenshot (ignore the Malwarebytes extension icon). The old icon for this button was a chevron with approximately the same functionality. I was able to remove the old icon, but I'm unable to find a way to remove this one. Here is what I've tried so far:

  • Like the old one, the Customize Toolbar feature is unable to remove it since it is grayed out.
  • For a while, I was able to remove the old icon by going to about:config and setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false. This solution does not work for the current and some recent versions of the button.
  • I attempted to create a userChrome.css file (following all the steps according to this this website) and added the following string: #alltabs-button { display: none !important; }

None of these attempted fixes have removed the button following a browser restart. Is there a way to remove it? I have no need of a button that shows me what tabs I have open when I can simply look at my toolbar.

A new version of the "List All Tabs" appeared on my toolbar today, shown on the left and hovered over in the attached screenshot (ignore the Malwarebytes extension icon). The old icon for this button was a chevron with approximately the same functionality. I was able to remove the old icon, but I'm unable to find a way to remove this one. Here is what I've tried so far: * Like the old one, the Customize Toolbar feature is unable to remove it since it is grayed out. * For a while, I was able to remove the old icon by going to '''about:config''' and setting '''browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled''' to '''false'''. This solution does not work for the current and some recent versions of the button. * I attempted to create a userChrome.css file (following all the steps according to [https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html this] this website) and added the following string: '''#alltabs-button { display: none !important; }''' None of these attempted fixes have removed the button following a browser restart. Is there a way to remove it? I have no need of a button that shows me what tabs I have open when I can simply look at my toolbar.
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Setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false still works in the old way, meaning that the button is hidden by default and is shown if the number of open tabs exceeds a limit.

Using #alltabs-button { display: none !important; } in userChrome.css also should still work.

It is not that difficult to create userChrome.css if you have never used it, so you can check that you created userChrome.css properly.

The first step is to open the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" page and find the button to access the profile folder with the random name (xxxxxxxx.default-release).

You can find the button to go to the profile folder under the "Application Basics" section as "Profile Folder -> Open Folder". If you click this button then you open the profile folder in the Windows File Explorer. You need to create a folder with the name chrome in the profile folder with the random name (name is all lowercase). In the chrome folder you need to create a plain text file with the name userChrome.css (name is case sensitive). In this userChrome.css text file you paste the text posted. On Mac you can use the TextEdit utility to create the userChrome.css file as a plain text file.

In Windows saving the file is usually the only time things get more complicated because Windows can silently add a .txt or .css file extension and you end up with a file like userChrome.css.txt or userChrome.css.css. To avoid this, you need to make sure to select "All files" in the "Save File" dialog in the text editor.

You need to close (Quit/Exit) and restart Firefox when you create or modify the userChrome.css file.

More info about userChrome.css/userContent.css in case you are not familiar:

You need to set this pref to true in about:config to enable userChrome.css and userContent.css in Firefox 69+.

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Setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false still works in the old way, meaning that the button is hidden by default and is shown if the number of open tabs exceeds a limit.

Using #alltabs-button { display: none !important; } in userChrome.css also should still work.

It is not that difficult to create userChrome.css if you have never used it, so you can check that you created userChrome.css properly.

The first step is to open the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" page and find the button to access the profile folder with the random name (xxxxxxxx.default-release).

You can find the button to go to the profile folder under the "Application Basics" section as "Profile Folder -> Open Folder". If you click this button then you open the profile folder in the Windows File Explorer. You need to create a folder with the name chrome in the profile folder with the random name (name is all lowercase). In the chrome folder you need to create a plain text file with the name userChrome.css (name is case sensitive). In this userChrome.css text file you paste the text posted. On Mac you can use the TextEdit utility to create the userChrome.css file as a plain text file.

In Windows saving the file is usually the only time things get more complicated because Windows can silently add a .txt or .css file extension and you end up with a file like userChrome.css.txt or userChrome.css.css. To avoid this, you need to make sure to select "All files" in the "Save File" dialog in the text editor.

You need to close (Quit/Exit) and restart Firefox when you create or modify the userChrome.css file.

More info about userChrome.css/userContent.css in case you are not familiar:

You need to set this pref to true in about:config to enable userChrome.css and userContent.css in Firefox 69+.

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Although setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false in about:config still does not work (tested multiple times between browser and system restarts), repeating cor-el's steps to access my profile folder uncovered my mistake. I originally went to about:profiles and opened the Local path of my profile folder instead of the Roaming path, and created the userChrome.css file there.

After moving the chrome folder I created from Local to Roaming, the .css file began working.

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For over 8 years this has been a consistent issue between users. And in 8 years absolutely NOTHING has been done to remedy the issue other than telling people to use about:config and chrome scripts. browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled DOES NOT WORK, stop suggesting it.

"It is not that difficult to create userChrome.css if you have never used it, so you can check that you created userChrome.css properly."

^ Maybe not difficult for the % of people that know and feel comfortable doing it. But what about the other % that just want to remove it? Or go back to when it used to DISAPPEAR when not needed and show up when there are tabs overfilling the top bar? It's extremely easy to just setup an and/or. So much has just went downhill with this project in the last so many years. Are people no longer proficient in coding? Seems like if it can't be copied and pasted from someone else's work, it doesn't get fixed or brought into fruition anymore. This has been happening across the whole board of companies, just everything going to crap. Fake it til you make it doesn't and shouldn't apply to coding. Do better.

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Although setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false in about:config still does not work (tested multiple times between browser and system restarts), repeating cor-el's steps to access my profile folder uncovered my mistake. I originally went to about:profiles and opened the Local path of my profile folder instead of the Roaming path, and created the userChrome.css file there. After moving the chrome folder I created from Local to Roaming, the .css file began working.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1916622

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Here's the best explanation I've found about why they made it hard to remove: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2024/10/02/the-reason-the-list-all-tabs-button-is-permanent-is-because-of-firefox-view.html

I did try the above solutions, and after scrutinizing and following through to the bottom, it did work. There are clearer instructions of the same process out there, on Reddit and elsewhere.

Modified by StudiedCasual

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Unsure why "list all tabs" cannot be removed via customization and/or about:config, but let's put that aside for a second. (Why force css?)

@cor-el mentioned "Setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false still works in the old way, meaning that the button is hidden by default and is shown if the number of open tabs exceeds a limit."

I'm seeing the button with only a single tab opened. Should I log a bug?

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Setting browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false doesn't work. The second method DID work for me, after I finished it off with toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to True

A clearer, step-by-step, screen-shotted version of this CSS solution can be found here, for us less tech savvy users: https://windowsreport.com/firefox-remove-list-all-tabs-button/

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The browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled pref is no longer supported in Firefox 131+ versions, now you can only do this by using CSS code in userChrome.css.

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Please add a proper option to remove the "List all tabs" button. I have no need for this button, it seems redundant. Especially, since there's also the button "View recent browsing across windows and devices" on the left side of the tab bar.

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I have configured the tab manager icon to be hidden because I don't need it and this new thing seems to just be the same thing?

If this is being shown in case any malicious extensions have hidden tabs that need to be seen through this button, then show the button if and when that's the case, rather than all the time?

It uses up so much space for no reason, don't hide the option to remove it under about:config or by making custom chrome css files, just let people remove it easily if they don't need to see it? Force it to show if there are any hidden tabs or whatever we're saying is the reason for it?

And please let us remove the extensions button which is also bad to make mandatory at all times for rare cases when it could pop up only when needed etc? Thanks and much love.

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