How To Get The Drop Down Bookmarks & History Button?

[Dypsis]

I have the Bookmarks button that opens the sidebar, but I would also like the Bookmarks button that drops down my Bookmarks.

Bookmarks Button.jpg

If I go to customize, it is actually there, but is hidden once I exit customize. The History button is also there, but won't display when I exit customize.

Bookmarks Buttons.jpg

Any ideas how I get both of them to display after exiting customize?

[coffeebreak]

f I go to customize, it is actually there, but is hidden once I exit customize.

It's only visible in the top area of the browser when the menu bar is hidden. Though if it's put on the status bar it will be visible independent of menu bar display.

(Afaik it was implemented this way because the Bookmarks menu, when visible, is considered to make the button redundant.)

[billmcct]

You need to enable the "Menu Bar". Right click a blank space on a toolbar and check "Menu Bar".

EDIT: Never tried the StatusBar just never could get the button to show on any other toolbars.
Have never tried them but these may work for you.

https://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/b ... u-button2/

https://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/b ... tory-menu/

[Dypsis]

f I go to customize, it is actually there, but is hidden once I exit customize.

It's only visible in the top area of the browser when the menu bar is hidden. Though if it's put on the status bar it will be visible independent of menu bar display.

(Afaik it was implemented this way because the Bookmarks menu, when visible, is considered to make the button redundant.)

So, do you mean that I would have the buttons at the bottom?

[Dypsis]

You need to enable the "Menu Bar". Right click a blank space on a toolbar and check "Menu Bar".

The Menu Bar is already enabled.

[Marcus]

Right click and chose customize, drag and drop.
Wrong solution, see coffeebreak post bellow.

[coffeebreak]

do you mean that I would have the buttons at the bottom?

Only if you choose to place them there.

But if you want them visible at the top (where they presumably are now), you'll need to disable the menu bar.

[Marcus]

But if you want them visible at the top (where they presumably are now), you'll need to disable the menu bar.

You're right, I didn't pay enough attention to the OP's snapshots.

[New Tobin Paradigm]

Think userChrome and work out a bypass for the hidden attribute

[coffeebreak]

@Tobin, thanks for the hint, that absolutely works.

@Dypsis,
If you add this to your userChrome.css the boomarks/history buttons will remain visible when the menu bar is enabled:

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#bookmarks-menu-button, #history-menu-button {
  display: -moz-box !important;
}

If you haven't used userChrome before you may need to create it:

1. Open your Pale Moon profile (simplest way is: Help menu > Troubleshooting Information > click "Open Folder");
2. Create a folder in your profile and name it chrome
3. Inside the chrome folder, create a text document and name it userChrome.css (you're changing the file extension from .txt to .css);
4. Open userChrome.css and add the following line at the top of the document (only needs to be added once; be sure never to delete it):

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   @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");

5. Then add the code from the first code box. Save it (that's important), and restart the browser if it was open (also important).

After restarting, the buttons should show up.

[Dypsis]

Thanks, coffeebreak.

Working good.


Yeah, I basically wanted to have the buttons similar to the latest Firefox version with the Menu Bar displayed. Firefox can display the Bookmarks Sidebar, Bookmarks drop down and History buttons with the Menu Bar enabled.
That way, it makes seamless switching between the 2 browsers.