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

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 "feature".   Fire fox claims this "ability" was sought after by web designers.  Frankly, I'm wishing there was an alternative browser, firefox has really gone south.

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Aug 20, 2021, 10:26 by peter@××××××××××××.uk:

> 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 <ALT> reveals the bar but clicking in it just hides it again. I can
>> still cycle through the tabs with the standard <CTRL><left/right>.
>>
>> Sometimes remerging Firefox fixes it, sometimes rebooting does; mostly I
>> just have to put up with it.
>>
>> Several versions of Firefox have suffered this, and several versions of
>> Plasma. I might submit a bug report if I could work out which component is
>> at fault.
>>
>
> Disabling my three plugins didn't help. I fixed it in the end by removing
> ~/.mozilla and setting mozilla up again. At least, I hope it's fixed. It's
> looking good so far.
>
> I didn't realise that Firefox was as vulnerable to local data problems as
> KMail-2 is.  :(
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peter.
>