multi-row_tabs_below_content and fake_statusbar_w_bookmarks_bar don't play nice
multi-row_tabs_below_content and fake_statusbar_w_bookmarks_bar don't play nice
First, a big thank you to Mr. Other Guy for all his great work!
The following issue is on FF 115 ESR on Windows 10, using a fresh clean profile, using compact mode, with title bar enabled, and static menu bar enabled, and creating a bunch of new tabs in order to fill four rows. Using the July 18 commit of multi-row_tabs_below_content (set for three rows) and trying the March 11 and September 9 commits of fake_statusbar_w_bookmarks_bar.
With userChrome.css containing only the import of multi-row_tabs_below_content, the three rows of tabs appear correctly at the bottom of the window, and they scroll properly--all good. Interestingly, the bookmark bar now appears at the very bottom of the window, below the tab bar (why?). When the bookmark bar is toggled off/on (Shift-Control-B), the tab moves down/up as it should.
When the import of fake_statusbar_w_bookmarks_bar (either commit) is added after the tab bar import, the tab bar background appears to be four rows tall rather than three (with the bottom row hidden by the bookmark bar), the top row is empty so that only two rows of tabs are showing, and when the bookmark bar is toggled off, the third row of tabs appears at the bottom. With the bookmark bar visible, there is no indication anywhere of link address or activity when a link is clicked.
When I follow this same testing procedure on my working profile, with just the tabs bar import, the tabs at the bottom work fine, and the bookmarks bar still appears but this time it has all of my extension icons in it (there were no extensions in the clean profile), toward the left end. The link activity is shown in the bottom left corner of the main client area, above the tab bar.
When I add the status bar import, the behavior is the same as with the clean profile, but now the extension icons are at the right end of the status bar, and the link activity appears at the left end of the status bar (the desired behavior).
If I instead import the old version (from FF 99) of the fake status bar, now the tab bar is correct, and the status bar has the extension icons to the right, but the link activity is back in the client area rather than in the status bar.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Yeah, I'm sure they don't work together, but what would the expected behavior even be like? Where should such fake statuspanel appear? Whatever it is, I would think the solution would involve only some small part of fake_statusbar_w_bookmarks_bar and probably some custom code as well.
Thanks for the reply. Well, they are working fine together on FF 99, but not on FF 115 ESR. The status bar (bookmark bar) is at the very bottom of the window, with the multi-line tab bar directly above it. The tab bar scrolls (vertically) beautifully; the status bar has the extension icons on the right, and displays the link activity on the left. As you said, I'm sure it's just some very small change needed for 115, but I can't really figure it out.
Okay, if that's the behavior you want then the solution is simple. I've updated fake_statusbar_w_bookmarksbar and just added a
order: 2property on line 31. I haven't tested in ESR but I'm pretty sure it should work there as well.Thank you, working great now--you da man!
Just FYI, when the bookmark bar (status bar) is toggled off, the multi-row tab bar no longer drops down to the bottom of the screen, but rather there is just an empty row at the bottom, with the tab bar background. This is not a concern for me, since in this configuration I would never be likely to turn off the status bar. :-)
Yeah, that would be fixable with
:has()selector support, but honestly I don't worry about it too much because why would anyone use that style if they are disabling bookmarks toolbar.