Neat, Firefox is my primary browser of choice - I learn something new here every day!

BTW, the animated GIF used to illustrate this tip appears fine at full size, but the scaled-down thumbnail version on the main Lifehacker page looks artifacted.

Torley

Hoh, tell me this works for Camino??

5cents

Does this make FF use more resources? (Proc or RAM)?

benjpw

@5cents: Probably not ... Camino doesn't use the same XUL interface like FF does it?

Rob P.

great tip! I'm going to this for sure. My FF browser has like truck load of widgets, toolbars and stuff that make my life easy, what's another one installed? :)

Nightwalker

Or if you use the Smart Bookmarks extension there is an option for it to Auto-hide your bookmarks toolbar, as I just discovered :)

Garfey

nevermind i've found the problem, that'll teach me not to look what i'm doing lol

Gonzie

this doesn't appear to be working for me

i've done a copy pasta but no joy :( can someone do an image of their chrome file please?

Gonzie

Gina... This rocks! Thank you.

-Adam

Adam Chernow

Cool, but I dragged by bookmarks toolbar up to my menu bar. Saves space and it jives with my right-handed layout.

sumocat

A picture for clarity.

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getjustin

Gina, thanks so much for sharing this tip! I have been needing this functionality for about 1.5 years. I've just been lamenting the fact that there was not a way to do this; I've been waffling back and forth between hiding and showing the Bookmarks toolbar. Now I don't have to! Thanks again...

bswilson

Even better, use small icons for both nav and bookmarks and put them on the same row. The above that address bar and menus. Two rows, nice and clean.

getjustin

have to say i tried this for about 10 minutes and then knocked it back to just showing me bookmarks all the time. i never realized how often i flew the mouse past that area of the browser, or how irritating having it pop in and out over and over again would be!

Good tip, just not for me I guess!

TechTalk WRLR 98.3FM

Is there a way of delaying the hiding of the toolbar for some seconds, after I move the cursor away?
Also, is there any similar trick with which I could place the bookmarks toolbar at the bottom of the browser?

gsarig

I've been dragging my bookmarks up to the menu bar since '05. I've never understood why people want to take space away with a bunch of toolbars either. I'm used to giving myself more space, and with TinyMenu, I only see what I choose (3 in my case).

BillyGnSC

You just dump this into a blank stylish style, if you already use that.

georgedonnelly

Nice! I wanted this feature and didn't expect that it would be so easy...
But, how can I set a delay of e.g 2 seconds after I move away my cursor? I think that it would be more convenient for me if the toolbar wasn't dissapear immediately, right after I move the cursor away...

gsarig

Cool tip. does anyone know how i can get the bookmarks toolbar to display vertically on the left side of the screen. I'm using Smart Bookmarks by the way

Bez

@benjpw: Does this make FF use more resources? (Proc or RAM)?

Not much more than just storing that line you typed in. It's pretty much the same method that gives you things like links that change color when the mouse rolls over them. It just tells Firefox to only visually display the bookmark bar when the mouse is hovered. It's nothing more than a visibility toggle.

FLEB

Works well on Windows, but does not work in Gutsy (FF2.0.0.8). Clicking a folder on the bar creates a drop-down menu which immediately hides the bar again. Obviously, :hover for the drop-down returns the display to none. Anyone know the css id for this drop-down?

Sutrannu

I still think the best way is just to put the bookmarks toolbar in the same row as the address bar. I have my bookmarks in between the address and google search bars, with the navigation buttons (stop/refresh combined, only shows functional back/fwd) to the left of the address bar, with compact menu for the file/edit etc. and all in one sidebar on left.

LessIsMore

You can also autohide the sidebar (I use it for bookmarks) with the Optimoz Tweaks extension. It's one of the most convenient add-ons I've got installed.

Jordan117

Awesome trick. Ninja style. Love it.

Thanks.

Woodwater

for those that do the bookmarks on menu bar to save space (as i do), you can use the autohide extension to achieve this same functionality and have the menu bar appear on mouseover too (in fact, any toolbar).

I've now got Firefox down to a single toolbar, the address bar, which is yubnub enabled so no need for search boxes either, maximum screen estate and minimal clutter!

[www.krickelkrackel.de]

Also, try the menu editor extension to clear up your right-click and menu bar menus. I've got mine down to just having Tools, everything else is accessible elsewhere.

[addons.mozilla.org]

slink

Does anyone know how to extend the bookmarks toolbar to be multiline -- like Camino?

MathIsWrong

I have mine up in the menu bar, and just use the favicons, no words. Makes a lot more space.

TheFionut

Exactly, put it besides the Menu Bar (The bookmarks will be on the right side of "Help" menu)
Look at this : [img232.imageshack.us]

vivek_malewar

@georgedonnelly: You sir, have just earned yourself a fan.

Tony of TonyandJuan.com

It's originally from [userstyles.org]
Yeah, I wrote that.

LouCypher

This moved my tabs to the left side (like a sidebar) and didn't go back to normal after removing it. Great.

pinkfu

Now that it works for me... how do I move the bookmark bar above the menu bar? ;)

pinkfu

This is quite the nice change! Awesome work on finding it.

I have a question though: is there a way to make your TAB MENU auto-hide? I use my tabs as a sort of temporary bookmark storage, so that I remember to go back and look at them, since if I bookmark something, theres a 90 percent chance I won't ever see it again (I'm a bit crazy with the saving things). Therefore, I usually have a lot of real estate taken up by tabs (at this moment, 80 tabs, but I've done a lot of tweaking to maximize space on the bar, and minimize actual tab space).

Tab Bar auto-hiding, along with my new Bookmark Bar auto-hiding, would be godsend.

TehSoM

This would be a great tweak if I could move the bookmark toolbar above all other toolbars. It gets annoying real quickly when you move your mouse to the address bar and the bookmark toolbar pops up. It seems to pop up all the time and is very distracting. If I could make it be the top toolbar then I think it would work.

For those of you that made a change that doesn't revert back when you remove it go to your Chrome directory, rename the userChrome.css to .old and then rename one of the example files to userChrome.css. It'll put Firefox back into its default state.

infotech

Great tip!

Del.icio.us users can also customize their tool bar with the following:

/* Pop-up bookmarks toolbar */
#PersonalToolbar {display: none;}
#ybToolbar {display: none;}
#navigator-toolbox:hover > #PersonalToolbar {display: -moz-box;}
#navigator-toolbox:hover > #ybToolbar {display: -moz-box;}

mbierman

Del.ico.us users--Want to hack your delicious toolbar too? here's the trick:

/* Pop-up bookmarks toolbar */
#PersonalToolbar {display: none;}
#ybToolbar {display: none;}
#navigator-toolbox:hover > #PersonalToolbar {display: -moz-box;}
#navigator-toolbox:hover > #ybToolbar {display: -moz-box;}

mbierman

i wish this tip wouldn't push the webpage down, if only it could overlap it cos it messes with my eyes something cronic

i also wish i could have the controls and nav bar below the bookmark bar and still have it auto hide but it won't have it (Mac here :-/ )

Gonzie

Now if only there was a way to do this with the Google toolbar....

kerbot2000