My Firefox bookmarks just changed dramatically overnight after I upgraded to Snow Leopard OS 10.6.8. I don't want the icons which take up space

Question

I used to be able to keep about 45 frequently used bookmarks on the bookmarks toolbar which was simply one line when I had OS 10.5.8 (Leopard). Now there are colorful icons and boxes and spaces between each bookmark and I can barely get 20 on the tool bar. This really is annoying. I like just having small text and a space between the bookmarks. Is there any way of simply going back to the old way of displaying them so I can access more of them and not get distracted by all the extra added icons? I don't need a multicolored pocket book next to the Ebay bookmark! Please help me. Progress sometimes isn't always good.

Answer 1

Add code to the <b>userChrome.css</b> file below the default @namespace line.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/userChrome.css
<pre><nowiki>@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
#personal-bookmarks .bookmark-item > .toolbarbutton-icon {display:none!important}
</nowiki></pre>
The customization files userChrome.css (user interface) and userContent.css (websites) are located in the <b>chrome</b> folder in the Firefox profile folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
* Create the chrome folder (lowercase) in the <xxxxxxxx>.default profile folder if this folder doesn't exist
* Use a plain text editor like Notepad to create a (new) userChrome.css file in this folder (the names are case sensitive)
* Paste the code in the userChrome.css file in the editor window and make sure that the userChrome.css file starts with the default @namespace line
* Make sure that you select "All files" and not "Text files" when you save the file via "Save file as" in the text editor as userChrome.css. Otherwise Windows may add a hidden .txt file extension and you end up with a not working userChrome.css.txt file