Firefox is a great browser and it’s one of the most popular ones on the market. However, sometimes it can be difficult to keep your browsing habits organized and clean. This is especially true if you have a lot of tabs open and you don’t want them all cluttering up your status bar. To help you keep your Firefox status bar clean, we’ve created a few simple tips that will help you get the most out of your browser. First, make sure that you have hidden all of your status bar items by clicking on the three lines in the top left corner of Firefox’s main window. Then, select “Hide Status Bar Items.” Once you’ve hidden all of your status bar items, it’s time to start organizing your tabs! To do this, click on the “Tabs” button in the top left corner of Firefox’s main window and then select “Organize Tabs.” You’ll then be able to see all of your active tabs in one place. Now that you know how to keep your Firefox status bar clean, let us know how well these tips work for you!
The answer is very simple, in fact… there’s a user style that will hide all extra statusbar items, while keeping the regular Firefox items intact… until you move your mouse over the status bar, and then they all show again. Brilliant!
Installing Auto-Hide Style
To use this Stylish script, you’ll need to have the Stylish extension installed, then just click the “Load into Stylish” button on the user style page (links at the bottom).
You’ll be asked to save the style, and immediately after installing, here’s the nice clean status bar…
It even still works as normal when you hover your mouse over a link:
But when you move your mouse over the status bar, then it shows your cluttered list of icons and whatnot:
It doesn’t work perfectly, but it does work pretty well with most extensions, and is now an indispensable part of my script library.
Removing Auto-Hide Style
To remove this, click on the Stylish icon and choose “Manage Styles” from the menu.
You can either remove the checkmark next to it, or just select it and click the Delete button.
Note: I tested this in both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 beta 3
Download Stylish from Mozilla Add-ons
Download Statusbar “Mouseover for Clutter” User Style from userstyles.org
