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The 4.0rc1 browser.tabs.tabMinWidth, it does nothing!

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Lex Ein
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Is there a workaround to this non-functional setting in 4.0rc1? Since the first FF 4.0 beta, browser.tabs.tabMinWidth has not been respected. In 3.6.x, I regularly use >18 tabs, with browser.tabs.tabMinWidth= 20, where the favicon differentiates the tabs. Win XP Pro SP3, 1GB RAM Screenshot: http://imgur.com/JCxqz

Is there a workaround to this non-functional setting in 4.0rc1? Since the first FF 4.0 beta, browser.tabs.tabMinWidth has not been respected. In 3.6.x, I regularly use >18 tabs, with browser.tabs.tabMinWidth= 20, where the favicon differentiates the tabs. Win XP Pro SP3, 1GB RAM Screenshot: http://imgur.com/JCxqz

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cor-el
cor-el
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That pref is no longer supported. In Firefox 4 you need to use CSS code in userChrome.css to set a minimum width for tabs.

  • Bug 574654 – Remove browser.tabs.tabMinWidth and browser.tabs.tabMaxWidth in favor of CSS

Custom Tab Width: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/221515/

Lex Ein
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Thanks. That was quick! It's good to see the rationalization of chrome into CSS, but IMHO min Tab Width should be adjustable in Tools/Options/Tabs because it so directly affects the user experience.

Modified by Lex Ein