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How to make Firefox for windows behave like Android with scrolling awesome bar in fullscreen mode on tablet.

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mike400
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Is there any add on or any way to make firefox for windows work like the android version..

I have a windows 8.1 tablet and wish I could get FF working like a tablet on it.

For example, put FF in fullscreen mode and then having the address bar and toolbars at the top of the screen, and as I scroll down the page they disappear as they would on a tablet or phone.

This would make an great user expirence on windows tablets I think.

Also adding exit fullscreen to the right click context menu would be great.

Is there any add on or any way to make firefox for windows work like the android version.. I have a windows 8.1 tablet and wish I could get FF working like a tablet on it. For example, put FF in fullscreen mode and then having the address bar and toolbars at the top of the screen, and as I scroll down the page they disappear as they would on a tablet or phone. This would make an great user expirence on windows tablets I think. Also adding exit fullscreen to the right click context menu would be great.

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mike400
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In fact I just noticed that this support site's navigation behaves very much like how I wish FF would.

If nothing else could this be something that is passed on to developers as a future feature?

cor-el
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When you are in Full Screen mode, hover the mouse to the top of the screen to make the Navigation Toolbar and Tab bar appear. You can right-click the toolbar area to open the toolbar context menu with Hide Toolbars and Exit Full Screen Mode.

You can use one of these to leave Full Screen mode:

  • press the F11 key
  • click the Maximize button at the right end of the Tab bar
  • click the Full Screen button in the 3-bar Menu button drop-down list
  • right-click empty space on a toolbar and click "Exit Full Screen Mode"
mike400
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Thank you for your reply, but

I am using a Windows TABLET PC there is NO Keyboard and NO Mouse.

I have no way to bring up the navigation bar or other menus.

I can't do any of the suggested ways of exiting full screen mode on a windows tablet. 

   press the F11 key
   click the Maximize button at the right end of the Tab bar
   click the Full Screen button in the 3-bar Menu button drop-down list
   right-click empty space on a toolbar and click "Exit Full Screen Mode"


I guess I need to find a user forum somewhere that developers might look at. Would be great if FF had functionality to make it work well on Windows Tablet PCs.

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