Firefox Add-ons Options

After installing a Firefox add-on, you'll want to see what options that you have to further customize Firefox.

To explore the individual options of your extensions, go to; Tools > Add-ons > Extensions select an extension and click on Options where you'll see the extension's options if the extension provides extra options.

Firefox extensions manager


Customizing Toolbars

Many extensions have extra buttons available for you to place onto your toolbars. To view them and to customize your toolbars go to
View > Toolbars > Customize, or right click on any toolbar (with the exception of the Bookmarks toolbar) and select Customize.

Firefox customize toolbars window

Drag the icon of the button that you want to add up to a toolbar and drop it on the toolbar.

You can place buttons on all of the Firefox toolbars with the exception of the Bookmarks toolbar. Furthermore, you can remove items from the toolbars by dragging them onto the customization window. When finished, select Done.

Firefox customization menu

Firefox customization menu

If there is a toolbar that you do not wish to use or display, right click on a toolbar and uncheck the toolbar that you do not want displayed, or you can go to View > Toolbars, and uncheck the toolbar that you want removed.


Selecting a Theme

When you install a new theme into Firefox that theme will automatically be selected and displayed after you restart Firefox. If you have installed multiple themes you will have to choose which one that you want set as your default theme.

With Firefox open, go to; Tools > Add-ons > Themes.
Click on the theme that you would like to use and select Use Theme. You will be prompted to restart Firefox. If not, close all Firefox windows and restart it manually.

Firefox themes manager

Firefox themes manager


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