Get Better Full Screen View in Firefox in Less Then 10 sec!

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Using the fullscreen view in Firefox is a great way to maximize your screen real-estate and immerse yourself in a great website. Unfortunately, fullscreen view can make navigating websites hard because the address bar automatically hides itself when your mouse moves off of it. You can keep the address bar from auto hiding in a few simple steps.

Open a new tab in Firefox and type in about:config

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Next, type browser.full in the the filter box. Double click on the result that says browser.fullscreen.autohide to change it to false.

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Now when you press F11 to go fullscreen, you won’t lose your address bar and website navigation will be easier.

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Do you have any great Firefox tips or tweaks? Then email us at CaseyTech@GMX.com with FireFox in the subject line. Or you can leave your tip in the comments!


Update: According to Sajb at Reddit, when in fullscreen mode, you can simply right click the toolbar and uncheck 'Hide Toolbars".

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