How to Increase the Status Bar Height in Firefox

The popular Web browser Mozilla Firefox offers its users the ability to customize many of its features. Users can select "personas" as well as choose default font sizes and window behaviors. One of the many things you can do is increase the status bar height by modifying the Chrome file.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

1. Locate your Firefox profile folder. In Windows XP and later, you can find this folder by clicking the "Start" button and then "Run." Type "%APPDATA%" into the text box and hit "OK." A Windows Explorer window will appear. Select "Mozilla" > "Firefox" > "Profiles." Each individual user of your computer will have a separate profile.

2. In the Profile folder, locate a file called "userChrome.css." Open the file using Notepad or another text editor. If you do not already have this file, open the file called "userChrome-example.css" and follow the instructions for creating a new file.

3. To increase the status bar height, enter the following code exactly after the opening lines:

   /* change status toolbar height and font */
   #status-bar {
   height: (new number) px !important;
   }

4. To make the status bar noticeably larger, you will need to choose a number larger than 25 pixels.

References

• Linnhe: Status toolbar font and height
• MozillaZine: Profile folder - Firefox