Firefox Auto-hide Toolbars

Adds a toolbar button that toggles automatic toolbar hiding in Firefox. This project is based on userChromeJS/userChrome.css and integrates with fx-autoconfig.

Features

• Toolbar button
• Tools menu entry
• Ctrl + F11 shortcut
• Native Firefox fullscreen preserved
• Automatic toolbar hiding
• Automatic toolbar restoration on hover
• Button state synchronized with the current mode
• Diagnostic command available from Browser Console

Screenshots

Toolbar button OFF (Auto-hide disabled)

Toolbar button ON (Auto-hide enabled)

Requirements

• Firefox
• fx-autoconfig

Official project: https://github.com/MrOtherGuy/fx-autoconfig

Downloads

Download the latest release here: https://github.com/John2022/firefox-auto-hide-toolbars/releases/latest

Full package

Recommended for most users. Contains:

• Program package
• Profile package
• Documentation

Source-only package

For advanced users already using fx-autoconfig. Contains only:

• userChrome.css
• autohide_toolbox_toggle.uc.js
• autohide-bars.svg

Diagnostic

Open Browser Console:
CTRL + SHIFT + J
Run:

FirefoxAutoHideToolboxStatus()

Mozilla Connect Idea

A related feature request has been posted on Mozilla Connect:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/add-a-native-toolbar-auto-hide-toggle-to-firefox/idi-p/127686
The GitHub project is only a proof of concept. The Mozilla Connect idea suggests adding this behavior natively to Firefox.

Credits

Based on: MrOtherGuy's fx-autoconfig https://github.com/MrOtherGuy/fx-autoconfig

Additional code and modifications: John2022

License

Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (MPL-2.0)