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I just updated to the latest version and now I can't minimize the firefox window. How do I get this back?

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I have a Mac and can no longer minimize the firefox window by double clicking the title bar into my dock since I updated to Firefox's latest version. How do I get this feature back?

I have a Mac and can no longer minimize the firefox window by double clicking the title bar into my dock since I updated to Firefox's latest version. How do I get this feature back?

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I was pretty upset about this one as well. I found myself constantly opening new tabs by accident when all I wanted to do was minimize with the double click as I always had. But I solved this problem.

1. Click the menu tab at the far right on the top 2. Click the [+Customize] button at the bottom of the menu 3. Click the [Title Bar] at the bottom left corner.

That's it. Your title bar is back and you can double click to minimize your browser have you for the past decade or so!

Cheers~

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You can use Cmd-h to hide the Firefox window, or right-click the icon on the dock and choose Hide.

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I want to double click it like every other window and use the minimize option on my Mac. I'm used to doing this and automatically do it. I don't want to have to remember to hide it and then unhide it. I've always been able to do this up until this last version of Firefox.

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See - Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars

Then click the Title Bar button in the lower-left corner.

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Thank you for pointing that out--I was able to customize my toolbar with that knowledge but it didn't solve the double-clicking of the title bar to minimize it. I'm wondering if it's a bug in the updated version?

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Why not just click the yellow minimize button on the title bar?

I also have a Mac with Mac OS 10.6, and I cannot minimize windows by double-clicking any title bars. Is that from some special software you added to Mac OS?

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I've always been able to minimize all my windows by double clicking the title bar. Yes, I could click the yellow button -- I just want the old feature back because I do it so automatically. Now when I double click the title bar it opens a new tab. I was able to do this with all the previous versions of Firefox as well.

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If I double-click the title bar it does nothing. If I double-click the tab bar in Firefox, I get a new tab (but not with my other Mozilla applications).

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Yes, that's the same for me. I don't have other Mozilla apps. But I do have a lot of other word processing and design software where I can double click the title bar and it will minimize in the dock. As I mentioned I could do this with Firefox in previous versions as well. I'm assuming at this point that it's a bug.

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I was pretty upset about this one as well. I found myself constantly opening new tabs by accident when all I wanted to do was minimize with the double click as I always had. But I solved this problem.

1. Click the menu tab at the far right on the top 2. Click the [+Customize] button at the bottom of the menu 3. Click the [Title Bar] at the bottom left corner.

That's it. Your title bar is back and you can double click to minimize your browser have you for the past decade or so!

Cheers~

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Thank you!!!

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I had discovered this solution a while ago, but thanks for posting this for others like me who were frustrated by this annoying glitch. Wonder why the developers felt it necessary to remove a perfectly workable feature. Sure, you can put it back (and I suppose we should be thankful for that), but why mess with it in the first place. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!