New tab "+" button moved to the right edge; how to move it back?

It used to be (like yesterday) that when I had a number of tabs open, the "mini-tab" "+" (new tab) button would be to the right of the last tab. Now, suddenly, it's all the way towards the right edge of the browser window, regardless of how many tabs are open. If there are a small number of tabs open, there is unused space (where more tabs would go).
Okay -- so I'm change adverse -- how do I move the new tab "+" button over to the end of the list of tabs?
Thanks.

Although the "+" appears on the far right end of the bar when you are in Customize mode, it should slide over next to the last tab once you close out of Customize.
If it doesn't, I wonder whether something else could be in between, such as an old "flexible space" control? (These are no longer in the Customize dialog as an option, but I don't know whether old ones were removed.)
Following the old principle of turning it off and back on again, could you move the "+" to the main toolbar and exit Customize to save that, then go back into Customize and move it to the tab bar again, to see whether Firefox takes the hint?
''Edit: Forgot to include this link: [[Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars]]''

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You usually find the New Tab button showing as a '+' on the Tab bar. 
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Back+and+forward+or+other+toolbar+items+are+missing

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Type '''about:config''' in the URL bar and hit Enter. 
''If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.''
Filter = '''browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent'''
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* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
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Please try the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems Reset Firefox] feature via '''Help''' ('''Alt''' + '''H''') > '''Troubleshooting Information'''. Hopefully most of the issues will be solved.
(To revert to the previous profile you were using, close the new profile (i.e. exit Firefox), start Firefox and choose the '''Default User''' profile. While the [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles Profile Manager] is open, you can also delete the newly reset profile (the one containing random numbers), or the former profile, as the case may be). If the reset is okay, it would be a good idea to delete the old profile as otherwise it would be left intact with the previous data until deleted.
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles Managing profiles]
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Profiles?s=profile&r=2&e=sph&as=s Profiles Howto]

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Firefiox updated and I've lost my AOL links and cannot open tabs by clicking on the X.

Note that the X is a close button and that the new tab button is styled as a plus (+) sign.
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I want to open a new tab by double click the space beside the tabs.

Not on the "new tab button", I meen the rest of the free space beside it.
This is annoying me, on my other computer this is working fine.
And its the same version (23.0.1) on both my computers.

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* You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
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''To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
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New tab "+" button moved to the right edge; how to move it back?

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