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As much as I like using Firefox, there was something that always bothered me. Firefox by default limits your bookmarks toolbar to only one row. For those who don’t really use this feature it is not a big deal, but I always use this and could never find a solution to the one row limitation… until recently. I will give credit where credit is due and cite this site where I found the solution. I haven’t found a proper extension for this function but it certainly would be nice to just have this built into Firefox as an option. Perhaps in a later version of Firefox 3 it can be implemented. In case the site is unreachable or eventually goes down, here are the steps recommended: (his steps are for a Windows machine, I will add some Linux notes further down)

Note – this method does not work with Firefox 3 unfortunately. I will do a new post if I find a method that will work for Firefox 3. The following instructions are for Firefox 2 only.

*************** Windows Instructions ***************

1. Close Firefox
2. Browse to c:\documents and settings\”Your Username”\Application Data\Mozilla\”Something”.Default User(Mine was zmmuzhth.Default User)\chrome
3. Open up the userChrome-example.css file and copy and paste this at the very bottom of the document:

/* Multi-row bookmarks toolbar */
#bookmarks-ptf {display:block}
#bookmarks-ptf toolbarseparator {display:inline}

4. Rename userChrome-example.css to userChrome.css

Once this is done, you should be able to see more of your bookmark toolbar items.

For myself, I had to navigate to a different directory as I use Linux. Here are the slightly modified instructions:

****************** Linux Instructions *****************

1. Close Firefox (optional)
2. Browse to /home/”Your Username”/.mozilla/firefox/”Something”.Default User/chrome/
3. Open up the userChrome-example.css file and copy and paste this at the very bottom of the document:

/* Multi-row bookmarks toolbar */
#bookmarks-ptf {display:block}
#bookmarks-ptf toolbarseparator {display:inline}

4. Save userChrome-example.css under the filename userChrome.css
5. If you didn’t close Firefox in step 1, you may need to restart it to see the effects.

Once this is done, you should be able to add more bookmarks to your toolbar and more rows should appear as needed.

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