HOWTO: Disabling tab scrolling in Firefox2

Izhar Firdaus Follow Support Jan 05, 2007 · 1 min read

HOWTO: Disabling tab scrolling in Firefox2

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Firefox 2 introduces tab scrolling feature similar to Epiphany and several other browsers. However, while this feature seems to help stop tabs from becoming too small and hide its title, its considered annoying to some users. Not be able to see all of the tabs in once glance might not be preferable to some.

To disable this, goto about:config and set this

browser.tabs.tabMinWidth = 0

Now your tabs can shrink until 0 pixel!! lolz!!. To read more about the key, visit here

Written by Izhar Firdaus Follow Support

I'm a system architect, data engineer and developer advocate with passion in Free / Open Source software, entrepreneurship, community building, education and martial art. I take enjoyment in bridging and bringing together different FOSS technologies to help businesses and organizations utilize IT infrastructure to aid and optimize their business and organizational process.