{"id":88,"date":"2022-12-30T05:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=88"},"modified":"2026-09-26T05:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T05:25:44","slug":"compact-mode-workaround-in-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"Compact mode workaround in Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Starting with <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/find-what-version-firefox-you-are-using\">Firefox version<\/a> 89, the compact mode density option was removed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars\">Customize<\/a> panel but you can still activate it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/about-config-editor-firefox\">Configuration Editor<\/a> (<em>about:config<\/em> page). <strong>Warning<\/strong>: Changing advanced preferences can affect Firefox\u2019s stability and security. This is recommended for <strong>advanced users only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Type <strong>about:config<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Address_bar\">address bar<\/a> and press Return.<br>A warning page may appear. Click Accept the Risk and Continue to go to the <em>about:config<\/em> page.<\/li><li>Find the browser.compactmode.show preference.<\/li><li>Switch the toggle to <strong>true<\/strong> and then close the tab.<\/li><li>Click the menu button <img alt=\"Fx89menuButton\" src=\"https:\/\/user-media-prod-cdn.itsre-sumo.mozilla.net\/uploads\/gallery\/images\/2021-05-15-11-18-38-e5b736.png\"> to open the menu panel.<\/li><li>Click More tools.<\/li><li>Choose Customize toolbar\u2026.<\/li><li>At the bottom of the panel, click Density.<\/li><li>Choose Compact (not supported) from the menu options. <img alt=\"Fx94CustomizeDensity-mac\" src=\"https:\/\/user-media-prod-cdn.itsre-sumo.mozilla.net\/uploads\/gallery\/images\/2022-01-31-07-12-44-9a57bf.png\"><\/li><li>Click Done.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Firefox version 89, the compact mode density option was removed from the Customize panel but you can still activate it in the Configuration Editor (about:config page). Warning: Changing advanced preferences can affect Firefox\u2019s stability and security. This is recommended for advanced users only. Type about:config in the address bar and press Return.A warning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/?p=88\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Compact mode workaround in Firefox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weblog.orbit9.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}