Auto-hide Bookmarks Bar Option

[kremlinbot]

Just as simple as the title says — an option to only show the bookmarks bar when the toolbar is hovered. Maybe show the default bookmark bar show/hide animation to make it more logical and eye-pleasing.

[tmccormick]

thank you @Agentvirtuel for the userChrome.rss script you posted above to address this issue. It is working beautifully for me! Much appreciated; and, much appreciating Firefox for allowing such customizations.

As @howiejc aptly wrote: "Maximizing the viewable area by auto-hiding unused or unnecessary UI seems so basic and fundamental."

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Tim McCormick
Portland, Oregon, USA
http://tmccormick.org

[Andre-a]

Hello All!

@Agentvirtuel  The script you provide is far too complicated for me. The reddit link has been removed so that's not helpful. The github link doesn't provide any info on how to use the info.

Does anyone out there have a link where I can learn more??

- Andre'a

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

If you wich to try

https://github.com/MrOtherGuy/firefox-csshacks/blob/master/chrome/autohide_bookmarks_toolbar.css
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userChrome.css

Create a chrome folder
Move userChrome.css to your chrome folder

Go to your profile folder https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

Move your chrome folder to your profile folder

Go to Configuration Editor https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox
Enter a search term toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets and double-click on the preference to set its value to true

And restart Firefox

Additional informations https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html

[BigBear]

There is an extension named "Bookmark Sidebar" for Edge and Chrome and that is the only reason I am not with Firefox anymore. I can recommend that extension. It would be nice if there where a similar extension or built in functionality in Firefox. Like there was before. I would change back to Firefox in that case. But until that I stay with Edge (or Chrome). I have more than 1900 bookmarks and need a function like this. I hope it will come. 

[JustAPerson]

@BigBearAlready exists, look into Sideberry. It has the same functionality as Bookmark Sidebar. It's actually even higher rated (4.7 vs 4.5) on the FF store than Bookmark Sidebar is on Chrome store. It's been available since 2021 (possibly even earlier that's just what version history shows).

[BigBear]

Hi Just a Person, Can you have the bookmarks in a sidebar that pops out from the left or right side of the screen when you narrow/close up to the side of the screen with the mouse pointer? Or hoving over the sidebar? And when moving the mouse away from the sidebar and it dissapears back in to the left or right side again?