How to disable vanishing of URL bar on scrolling?

In Firefox/Android Beta (not in the release version) the URL bar vanishes as soon as I scroll down a page. It reappears on scrolling up. How can I fix this? The bar should remain at its place in every situation.

Found it myself:
in about:config, the value for "browser.chrome.dynamictoolbar" has to be set to "false". It defaults to "true".

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# [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/ Install Classic Theme Restorer] and restart Firefox when prompted.
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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