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Latest update has disabled Compact Mode

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dsa65
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All my previous settings are still in place, but now I have the hideous new tabs and all my bookmarks and other context menus are double spaced. I had it in compact mode, which worked well for me, since I have a 15" laptop. Now all those settings are still in place on about:config, but evidently, they don't work anymore.

If there is no fix for these new changes, I'll have to switch browsers. I've put up with all of the changes to FF because there were workarounds through the userChrome.css file, but now I can't even get that to work to change these back to the way they worked for me.

Please tell me there is a fix. I don't have time to go back to a previous version and reload all my add-ons. This is the final straw for me. I've been using FF since 1.0, but this taking away all our choices is just unacceptable.

All my previous settings are still in place, but now I have the hideous new tabs and all my bookmarks and other context menus are double spaced. I had it in compact mode, which worked well for me, since I have a 15" laptop. Now all those settings are still in place on about:config, but evidently, they don't work anymore. If there is no fix for these new changes, I'll have to switch browsers. I've put up with all of the changes to FF because there were workarounds through the userChrome.css file, but now I can't even get that to work to change these back to the way they worked for me. Please tell me there is a fix. I don't have time to go back to a previous version and reload all my add-ons. This is the final straw for me. I've been using FF since 1.0, but this taking away all our choices is just unacceptable.

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TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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See Compact mode workaround in Firefox.

Terry
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I still have compact mode on Firefox 92.0. I had to reinstate it via about:config for a new profile. (browser.compactmode.show). That won't help with menu spacing though (until version 93 apparently). For that you still need userChrome.css. The code for that was changed on September 3 and 8 because of changes in Firefox. I may as well print it here although I have changed the padding sizes. 

/*** Tighten up drop-down/context/popup menu spacing (8 Sep 2021) ***/

menupopup:not(.in-menulist) > menuitem, 
menupopup:not(.in-menulist) > menu {
  padding-block: 4px !important; /* reduce to 3px, 2px, 1px or 0px as needed */ 
  min-height: unset !important; /* v92.0 - for padding below 4px */
}
:root {
  --arrowpanel-menuitem-padding: 4px 8px !important;
}