How do I get rid of the menu bar in Mozilla Firefox?

October 23, 2006 5:24 PM

Help me streamline my Mozilla Firefox interface by hiding the menu bar in a small toolbar button.

Having recently installed Firefox 2.0 on my Windows computers, I decided to do some spring cleaning around the interface and try to make the most of my screen real estate. I've successfully put away most of the buttons and widgets I don't use, and fit everything into a single strip, but one item in particular has been giving me trouble: the menu bar.

I know I can disable individual menu items by tweaking the userChrome.css file in my profile directory, but because I still need to access some of them from time to time, I don't want them to disappear completely. Ideally, there should be an extension that allows me to hide all the menus behind one or more toolbar buttons, in a way similar to the new collapsible IE7 menu bar.

I searched the Mozilla extension repository to no avail, so I was wondering if anyone here has heard of anything vaguely matching my description before I call off the search and try to do some coding of my own.

(Older Mozilla extensions are okay. They don't have to be compatible with Firefox 2.0 if I can get them to work with Nightly Tester Tools.)

posted by Goblindegook to computers & internet (4 comments total)

You could try Compact Menu. I think it does what you want.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 5:38 PM on October 23, 2006

Eek! That sounds like the right kind of thing, but unfortunately it breaks Firefox 2.0.
posted by Goblindegook at 6:15 PM on October 23, 2006

On the other hand, it seems that this does the trick. Thanks for the nudge in the right direction!
posted by Goblindegook at 6:36 PM on October 23, 2006

This very topic was on Lifehacker this morning!

They talked about a firefox extension called "Tinymenu". Seems to do exactly what you wish.

And it's Firefox 2.0 compatible AFAIK.

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/firefox/download-of-the-day--tiny-menu-firefox-extension-209634.php

Cheers!
posted by snarkle at 11:12 PM on October 24, 2006