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How to show tab visuals?

Zaflis

The top row in Firefox browser doesn't have any tabs, it looks as pictured in screenshot (Chrome below for comparison). I only see the icon and text for a page, but that isn't enough to know clickable area, and it makes it unintuitive.

I tried several browser themes but none of them changes this. There doesn't seem to be a setting for hardware acceleration anymore that used to solve it for some users in the past based on a search on topic.

Maybe this really is how it's meant to look but the design just went backwards from what we want to see; tabs are no longer tabs but something vague. Can never please everyone i suppose, but i want old back.

The top row in Firefox browser doesn't have any tabs, it looks as pictured in screenshot (Chrome below for comparison). I only see the icon and text for a page, but that isn't enough to know clickable area, and it makes it unintuitive. I tried several browser themes but none of them changes this. There doesn't seem to be a setting for hardware acceleration anymore that used to solve it for some users in the past based on a search on topic. Maybe this really is how it's meant to look but the design just went backwards from what we want to see; tabs are no longer tabs but something vague. Can never please everyone i suppose, but i want old back.
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Sorry, i misinterpreted your question.

Is it your question

This discussion thread https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/make-close-tabs-easier-for-rounded-tabs-x-on-mouseover/td-p/143004

Modified by Agent virtuel

To complement, about, Show an image preview when you hover on a tab

Firefox settings, preferences and other options https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-options-preferences-and-settings

Tab preferences and settings https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-preferences-and-settings Show an image preview when you hover on a tab

Yeah it's not about hovering a tab but making them distinguishable from a glance. The thread from 2022 seems to be it but it's a shame nothing has happened for 4 years when it has 4 pages of comments and over 200 likes.

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