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How to restore navigator throbber in 57? I miss it

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The upgrade to 57 quantum is bad for my graphic self. I'm an habit creature ;) In the past, I did some change on userChrome.css to have a penguin as navigator throbber. It's sentimental I know, but I always had my penguin throbber right up my window browser. I did restore my penguin tab-throbber yesterday night, thanks to some tip. May you help me to restore the navigator throbber,too? Thank you.

The upgrade to 57 quantum is bad for my graphic self. I'm an habit creature ;) In the past, I did some change on userChrome.css to have a penguin as navigator throbber. It's sentimental I know, but I always had my penguin throbber right up my window browser. I did restore my penguin tab-throbber yesterday night, thanks to some tip. May you help me to restore the navigator throbber,too? Thank you.

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Are you talking about the blue circle throbber? Not a problem!

Add this to your userChrome.css: https://pastebin.mozilla.org/9074266

If this solved your problem, mark as solution!

Modified by Mkll

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Thank you for your immediate reply! I already used that code to restore the tab-throbber and I'm very happy! But I mean the navigator throbber, that was on the url bar, usually it was near my search window. I have an old code on my userChrome.css, but it's not working anymore:

  1. navigator-throbber[busy] {
 -moz-appearance: none !important;
 list-style-image: url("throbber-penguin16.gif") !important;
 opacity: 1.0 !important; }
  1. navigator-throbber {
 -moz-appearance: none !important;
 list-style-image: url("throbber-penguin16.gif") !important;
 opacity: 1.0 !important; }

Thanks for any help :)

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I'm not quite sure what throbber you are referring to, perhaps you should make a post here: https://reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS and they will be able to help you with this.

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Hi mareli, when I search for navigator-throbber in the source code, it returns no results, so this element may no longer exist in the new design.

https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-release/source/

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I'm very sad to know this :( Thank you for help

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You know, it also wasn't in Firefox 52 Extended Support Release, so I guess an extension like Classic Theme Restorer was bringing it back from further in the past.

https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-esr52/search?q=navigator-throbber&redirect=false

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Thank you. I used Classic Theme Restorer in the past and I loved it. Unfortunately it seems there is no version for F57 :(

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mareli said

Thank you. I used Classic Theme Restorer in the past and I loved it. Unfortunately it seems there is no version for F57 :(

Firefox 57+ restricts what extensions can do the user interface, so CTR is unlikely to make a comeback in anything like its earlier form.

While the page is loading, the Reload arrow button turns into a Stop "X" button. Perhaps that would be a place you could attach the "throbber-penguin16.gif" -- in place of the X. Would that be worth a try? Maybe:

#stop-button {
  list-style-image: url("throbber-penguin16.gif") !important;
}
#stop-button .toolbarbutton-animatable-box,
#stop-button .toolbarbutton-animatable-image {
  display: none !important;
}
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Thank you! It did it! I have a little penguin throbber when mozilla reloads a page. Thank you! :)

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