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I'd like to hide or disable Close button (or make it act like Minimise)

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I want to make it harder to close Firefox. I am used to hitting Close when I finish what I'm doing. But I have recently started to let Firefox save passwords. Each time I start Firefox it asks for the master password. I'd like to avoid this by letting it remain open but hidden. Old habits die hard, and I doubt if I will learn not to hit Close rather than minimise. It would also help if the X to close a tab did not appear when there is only one tab open, as hitting that is another way of closing Firefox by accident.

I have come across an add-in for Outlook that makes the Close button minimize instead of closing. (Keepoutlookrunning). I wonder if that could be adapted to work for Firefox as well.

As a side issue, when I start Firefox the request for master password does not come up immediately. So, forgetting that the request will appear, I start typing in the address or search bar. Suddenly the request appears, and what I am typing goes into its password field instead of where I was typing. I think it would br better if the request did not move focus to itself.

I want to make it harder to close Firefox. I am used to hitting Close when I finish what I'm doing. But I have recently started to let Firefox save passwords. Each time I start Firefox it asks for the master password. I'd like to avoid this by letting it remain open but hidden. Old habits die hard, and I doubt if I will learn not to hit Close rather than minimise. It would also help if the X to close a tab did not appear when there is only one tab open, as hitting that is another way of closing Firefox by accident. I have come across an add-in for Outlook that makes the Close button minimize instead of closing. (Keepoutlookrunning). I wonder if that could be adapted to work for Firefox as well. As a side issue, when I start Firefox the request for master password does not come up immediately. So, forgetting that the request will appear, I start typing in the address or search bar. Suddenly the request appears, and what I am typing goes into its password field instead of where I was typing. I think it would br better if the request did not move focus to itself.

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Firefox will ask for the master password the first time it needs to access the Password Manager (input form on web page; Sync).

Try:

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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

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Thanks. Unfortunately I already tried that, and didn't find anything. I did find one whose description implied that it did what I wanted. I tried it, but it did not do the trick. I think it was written for an ancient version of FF. Maybe things have changed so much that it no longer works

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Firefox will ask for the master password the first time it needs to access the Password Manager (input form on web page; Sync).

Try:

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Use this link and ask questions. I don't know if they can help. https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/add-ons

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Thanks to both.

MasterPassword+ works great for me. I now get the password request at a much more convenient time. This makes it less important to keep FF open, but I'll still ask at that discourse address.

By the way I have found a setting in about:config that stops FireBox being closed when hitting the X in the last remaining tab.

Modified by John Deutsch

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  • browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab
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Thanks, yes, I found that already