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The Status Bar at the bottom of the Firefox window has changed in Firefox 4 and some of its features have been moved to other places. This article explains where to find everything and links to an add-on that recreates the old Status Bar.

The Status Bar at the bottom of the Firefox window has changed in Firefox 4 and some of its features have been moved to other places. This article explains where to find everything and links to an add-on that recreates the old Status Bar. [[T:Only in Fx4]] __TOC__ =The new Status Bar= The new Firefox Status Bar only shows page loading activity and link previews. When neither of those are needed it simply disappears. ==What do link previews look like?== When you mouse over a link, a preview of the URL popups at the bottom left side of the page.<br>{for win}[[Image:Status Bar link - win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Status Bar link - mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Status Bar link - lin]]{/for} ==Where is the page loading status?== When Firefox is loading images and other assets from a website, the status popup appears at the bottom left side of the page and displays the URLs where these things are coming from. If the status popup is in your way, you can move your mouse over it and it will move to the right side of the page. When the page is done loading, the status popup disappears. <br>{for win}[[Image:Status Bar load - win]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Status Bar load - mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Status Bar load - lin]]{/for} =Where is the downloads status?= The status of downloads can be found in the [[Downloads Window]] which conveniently opens when you download a file. =Where are my Add-ons?= Many Add-ons used to place an icon in the Status Bar that gave you quick access to their features. Now they have their own toolbar called, you guessed it, the Add-on bar. The Add-on bar isn't shown by default — it's only shown when you install an Add-on that uses it. To learn more, see [[What is the Add-on Bar?]]<br>{for win}[[Image:Add-on Bar]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:Add-on Bar Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Add-on Bar Lin]]{/for} =How can I get the old Status Bar back?= The old Status Bar is dead, long live Status-4-Evar! [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/235283/ Status-4-Evar] is an Add-on that recreates all of the features of the old Status Bar and lets you put them in the new Add-on Bar.