GENERAL discussion, feedback, questions belong here! (v15)

[Aris-t2]

Make sure you have updated your configuration to the most recent version of this projects files and are using the latest version of the "options" required by your Firefox version >before< reporting problems!

Continued from #3, #41, #88, #109, #133, #163, #189, #211, #241, #273, #308, #368, #404 and #417

Instead of opening new "issues" for general talk we can use this area for discussions, feedback and questions. Open new "issues" for real bugs and problems.

Custom JS scripts to restore more classic features
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomJSforFx

Things this project will not target/recreate

• a CTR like plugin/application to generate ready-to-use CSS
• curved tabs (thanks those are finally gone!)
• old complete themes

Things not possible with CSS

• more toolbars like add-on/status bar (CSS can not create new toolbars)
  • displaying full sized status popup below window content is possible
  • bookmarks toolbar at windows bottom is possible (simulated addon-bar)
• new buttons (CSS can not create new buttons)
• additional menuitems (CSS can not create new items)
• custom/new/different functions for buttons/menuitems/menus
• activity indicator (see 'custom JS scripts')
• preference/options window
• additional location bar
• favicon in location bars identity box (see 'custom JS scripts')
• moving menubar items to a different toolbar
• restart button (see 'custom JS scripts')
• ... many more

[mzso]

@Aris-t2

@mzso
Tried to remove the jumping for ac_popup_megabar_title_and_url_two_lines.css in latest dev build.

addons_manager_alternative_appearance_compact_categories.css caused the glich in add-ons manager.

I installed 4.1.5. So what happens now is that the URLbar items don't jump, however with the huge handicap of the URL not being shown when I press alt, the switch to tab text remains.

The addon manage got worse by the categories not appearing at all, only the very left side of the highlights:

Is this not meant to be compatible with FF97?

[Aris-t2]

Get v4.1.5v2. Initial release only works, if "alternative appearance" for add-ons manager is active.

Switch tab item:
Hiding the url stops jumping.
Hiding the switch to tab item did not work as expected.

[mzso]

@Aris-t2
Not sure if it's a good trade-off then. The URL is actually useful. And without it appearing, there's no indication that the item won't be switching tabs.

[BoomerangAide]

Installed CSS 4.1.5v2, and found a bug: in the "about" window, the button to download a new version is displayed with a black background when it should be gray, possibly a weird hardcoded use of the dark theme I'm not using?
Seen on 96.0.3 (that's the version of my portable version for testing)

---

On another note, I (apparently so far) currently managed to kill animations and other nonsense of my ie6 download button with the following code:

/* Prevent download button from turning into something else */

#downloads-button[progress] > .toolbarbutton-badge-stack > #downloads-indicator-anchor > #downloads-indicator-icon,
#downloads-button[animate][notification] > .toolbarbutton-badge-stack > #downloads-indicator-anchor > #downloads-indicator-icon {
  visibility: visible !important;
}

#downloads-button > .toolbarbutton-badge-stack > .toolbarbutton-animatable-box {
	display:none !important;
}
/**/

Now I'm gonna see if there are some things I can remove from all that, but I wanted to share it as is, in the case I break it and can't find how to repair it 😛
edit: removed lots of stuff that ended up not being useful lol

---

On yet another note, after installing the aforementioned new CSS, I noticed something annoying, but in this case it may just be me not noticing it during my previous test with an older CSS version: a "Firefox suggère" (probably "Firefox suggest") element that was adding itself to my autosuggests from the url bar, getting in the way of the compactness I set up.
I managed to kill it with the following:

/* Remove "Firefox suggère" text in autocomplete */
.urlbarView-row[label]::before {
	content: none !important;
}

.urlbarView-row[label] {
	margin-block-start: unset !important;
}
/**/

Maybe it will help of help to someone

[Aris-t2]

@mzso
I will look for a better solution.

@BoomerangAide

Installed CSS 4.1.5v2, and found a bug: in the "about" window, the button to download a new version is displayed with a black background when it should be gray, possibly a weird hardcoded use of the dark theme I'm not using?
Seen on 96.0.3 (that's the version of my portable version for testing)

This happens without any custom code for me too.

[nicolaasjan]

Firefox 97.0, Linux; CustomCSSforFx 4.1.5

I use : @import "./css/generalui/context_bfrsb_icons_colorized.css".
But now there is no padding between the colorized icons and text...:

[Aris-t2]

Sounds like the Linux code is not applied properly after recent changes:

Does this work:

@media (-moz-platform: linux) {

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage) image {
	margin: 0 !important;
	width: 16px !important;
	height: 16px !important;
  }

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage):after {
	margin-inline-start: 6px !important;
  }

}

or just this:

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage) image {
	margin: 0 !important;
	width: 16px !important;
	height: 16px !important;
  }

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage):after {
	margin-inline-start: 6px !important;
  }

[nicolaasjan]

Sounds like the Linux code is not applied properly after recent changes:

Does this work:

@media (-moz-platform: linux) {

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage) image {
	margin: 0 !important;
	width: 16px !important;
	height: 16px !important;
  }

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage):after {
	margin-inline-start: 6px !important;
  }

}

or just this:

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage) image {
	margin: 0 !important;
	width: 16px !important;
	height: 16px !important;
  }

  :is(#context-back,#context-forward,#context-reload,#context-stop,#context-bookmarkpage):after {
	margin-inline-start: 6px !important;
  }

Thanks!
The second snippet worked. 🙂
Minor annoyance; for my old eyes, the contrast of these icons with dark theme could be better. ;)

[Aris-t2]

@nicolaasjan

Could you test 4.1.5v3?
Recent Fx99+ compatibility changes broke the code I previously added for Linux.

[mzso]

@Aris-t2 commented on 2022. febr. 13. 21:49 CET:

Get v4.1.5v2. Initial release only works, if "alternative appearance" for add-ons manager is active.

Switch tab item:
Hiding the url stops jumping.
Hiding the switch to tab item did not work as expected.

Doesn't seem to be different in 4.1.5v3. I don't think I ever used either of the alternative appearance options, but it worked fine. (Only the highlight started failing a bit as I showed before.)
I kind of prefer the icon+text categories of the unaltered appearance. I just set it to be compact and use buttons.

[Aris-t2]

Firefox 97.0, Linux; CustomCSSforFx 4.1.5

I use : @import "./css/generalui/context_bfrsb_icons_colorized.css". But now there is no padding between the colorized icons and text...:

v4.1.5v4 offers icon colors for dark theme consistent with other icon options like main toolbar icon colors and appmenu icon colors.

@mzso
The compact categories option supposed to show icons, if enabled, but previous changes did hide them. The glitch was present on your screenshot, so I took care of it (at least in my tests.)