How to hide Firefox titlebar in Gnome Shell?

Question

I am running Gnome-shell 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10. Is there a way to hide the firefox title bar and make it like Chrome's ? I would need the min/max buttons in tab-bar. There was a tutorial in webupd8, but that was with compiz.

Answer 1

Notice: HTitle is now discontinued, you can find an archive on Wayback Machine for historical reference.

You could use HTitle Firefox extension to hide title bar. This can be used only with GNOME 3.

Answer 2

I wondered how to do this as well and found that I do not need the title bar in any window if it is full screen in order to safe some pixels, so I did some changes to my metacity-theme-3.xml

/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/metacity-1/metacity-theme-3.xml

<frame_geometry name="max" has_title="false" title_scale="medium" parent="normal" rounded_top_left="false" rounded_top_right="false">
    <distance name="left_width" value="0" />
    <distance name="right_width" value="0" />
    <distance name="left_titlebar_edge" value="0"/>
    <distance name="right_titlebar_edge" value="0"/>
    <distance name="title_vertical_pad" value="0"/> <!-- 
                            This needs to be 1 less then the
                            title_vertical_pad on normal state
                            or you'll have bigger buttons                               -->
    <border name="title_border" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0"/>
    <border name="button_border" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0"/>
    <distance name="bottom_height" value="0" />
</frame_geometry>

With the "Menu bar" unticked, it just looks like Chrome. :)

There is also a Gnome 3 extension for this: Pixel Saver.

PS: I can also recommend the GNOME 3 theme for a consistent look and feel (scroll bars etc).

Answer 3

As of September 2019, this functionality is built into Firefox:

1. Right click empty space on the tab bar
2. Select "Customize..."
3. At the bottom of the window there is a "Title Bar" checkbox. Uncheck it to hide the title bar.

Answer 4

I found a solution: Install this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/hide-caption-titlebar-plus-sma/

• It'll show that is not compatible with our version, still click Add to Firefox and install.

All credits to WebUpd8: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/firefox-4-get-tabs-in-title-bar-like.html

Answer 5

As the global menu extension in gnome-shell doesn't work with firefox, you have to make do with the firefox extensions.

There is an extension called "Mozilla Labs: Prospector - LessChrome HD 7" which shows the navigation bar only on mouse-over. It works quite well (works also very well with unity).

You can get it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/prospector-lessChrome-HD/?src=userprofile

Additionally, in View -> Toolbars, unmark "Menu Bar" and mark "Tabs on top"

Your Firefox window should now look like this:

Answer 6

Settings -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Accessibility -> Check "Hide title of windows when maximized"

Answer 7

There is a good workaround here. It provides a keyboard shortcut for a fullscreen mode in which the Firefox bars are preserved.

Steps:

1. Open 'System Settings' (under the user menu top-right on the screen)
2. Select 'Keyboard'
3. Click on the 'shortcuts' tab
4. Select 'Windows' group of shortcuts
5. Click twice on 'Toggle fullscreen mode'
6. Type a shortcut (I use Shift+F11)

It's not perfect, but it does 90% of the job.