Possible fix for Firefox title bar skinning issue?

Like many of you, I had an issue with Firefox and WindowBlinds not skinning it correctly where the min/max/close buttons became transparent and thus couldn't be seen. Today I installed a new skin on 4 of my PC's. I decided to try to set all 4 PC's to be the same, where FF would not use the OS title bar nor the FF button, and instead display just the menu across the top. 3 of those PC's where fine, but on the 4th the buttons were not visible (I know this issue has been around for years, I just dealt with it differently until today). Since I run the same version of FF (56.0.2 64 bit), the same FF theme (Dark Bliss) and the same version of Windows (8.1 MCE 64 bit) on all my PC's, I figured it had to be either a hardware issue or something software related on the one PC that was interfering with the skinning. Since I have 2 of my PC's running side by side via a KVM, I can easily compare screens whenever I need to. While in Customize mode on both, I noticed the one PC that wasn't skinned correctly had some extra space between the tab section and the address bar. Turns out that was just from a bookmark menu being in the wrong spot and had nothing to do with the skinning issue. But in the meantime, while still in Customize mode, I decided to grab the window and move it around. For some reason WB really didn't like that and made the tabs and borders almost completely transparent.

I dragged the FF window again and made sure it was at the top of the monitor screen, then restarted FF. I was expecting the worst, but was very happy to see that everything was skinned properly and I could now see the min/max/close buttons. I haven't restarted the PC yet, but I did close and launch FF again, and even went back into Customize mode and things are still good.

For anyone having the same skinning issue, give this a try. Obviously I can't say for sure it will fix the issue for you, but it's worth a try.

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Reply #1 Top

Hello,

Have you try this solution before? Click on the 3 line menu button -> choose "customize" -> on the bottom left tick the "Title Bar" box.

And see if it solve it.

Note sometimes you need to restart Firefox for it. Sometimes you need to reboot. After that, it should be ok.

Reply #2 Top

Yes, I've tried that but to me it's not a fix. I don't want the title bar to be displayed because it's just wasted space.

Reply #3 Top

Quoting explor202, reply 2

Yes, I've tried that but to me it's not a fix. I don't want the title bar to be displayed because it's just wasted space.
End of explor202's quote

Than, I don't think we can help you. That the way FF was designed.

Reply #4 Top

Quoting basj, reply 3


Quoting explor202,

Yes, I've tried that but to me it's not a fix. I don't want the title bar to be displayed because it's just wasted space.



Than, I don't think we can help you. That the way FF was designed.

End of basj's quote

Help me with what? It's obviously NOT a Firefox issue because it happened on just one PC. And besides, I have already fixed it. I'm just sharing with others what worked with me.

Reply #5 Top

Great ::thumbsup:  

Reply #6 Top

Good to see you posted the fix here on the site to help anyone having this issue explor202. :)  :thumbsup: