Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-26 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 14:22:39 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 12:27:08 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:35:26 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > > As the Firefox dir is all text files, I think, when you > > > > > > > > > > blow it away

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 12:27:08 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:35:26 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > As the Firefox dir is all text files, I think, when you > > > > > > > > blow it away and rebuild and get the correct behaviour, grab a > > > > copy. When the

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:35:26 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > As the Firefox dir is all text files, I think, when you > > > blow it away and rebuild and get the correct behaviour, grab a > > > copy. When the dodgy behaviour returns diff the copy, with the good > > > behaviour, against the

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 10:26:31 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 04:05:12 BST Andrew Lowe wrote: > > As the Firefox dir is all text files, I think, when you blow it away > > and rebuild and get the correct behaviour, grab a copy. When the dodgy > > behaviour

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 25 August 2021 04:05:12 BST Andrew Lowe wrote: > On 24/8/21 10:59 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday, 20 August 2021 17:26:15 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> On Saturday, 7 August 2021 10:45:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> Hello list, > > [snip] > > > Spoke too soon. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-24 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 24/8/21 10:59 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday, 20 August 2021 17:26:15 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday, 7 August 2021 10:45:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: Hello list, [snip] Spoke too soon. It's back again, and it's more stubborn this time. I really don't want to keep zapping

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-24 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 20 August 2021 17:26:15 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 7 August 2021 10:45:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Far too often, Firefox on this box will hide the tab bar, but behave as > > though it were still there. In other words, I have to aim the mouse > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-20 Thread mad . scientist . at . large
I've had the  same frustration.  There is an extension call "custom scroll bars".  The problem is due to a "feature" where web pages can decide on what a scroll bar looks like and how wide it is.  Apparently some web designers think they know what's best for others.  It's a flaw, not a

RE: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-20 Thread Laurence Perkins
Try Falkon maybe. -Original Message- From: mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 9:45 AM To: Gentoo User Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox I've had the  same frustration.  There is an extension call "custom scroll bars".  T

Re: [gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-20 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 7 August 2021 10:45:26 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > Far too often, Firefox on this box will hide the tab bar, but behave as > though it were still there. In other words, I have to aim the mouse pointer > 2cm below the thing I want to click. > > Pressing reveals the

[gentoo-user] Vanishing tab bar in Firefox

2021-08-07 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, Far too often, Firefox on this box will hide the tab bar, but behave as though it were still there. In other words, I have to aim the mouse pointer 2cm below the thing I want to click. Pressing reveals the bar but clicking in it just hides it again. I can still cycle through the