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Mozilla Firefox - Plugins and Extensions

Tweak Firefox's Title Bar Text

SUMMARY: Customize the text displayed in the title bar of Firefox to display the browser name, version, and/or page title.

By default, Mozilla Firefox displays in its title bar the name of the current webpage, followed by " - Mozilla Firefox".

For various reasons you may not want the title of the website displayed in the title bar. Or, if you frequently switch between running different versions of Firefox (see Firefox Portable), you might want the browser's version number displayed to remind you which version of Firefox you are currently running. And just for kicks you might even want to change the title bar text from "Mozilla Firefox" to that of your choosing.

Firefox 3.5 displaying a customized web browser name in the title bar

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1. Visit the following page from within Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12640

2. Click the "Add to Firefox" button.

3. The "Software Installation" dialog box will eventually appear. Click "Install Now" as soon as the button is enabled.

Installing the Titlebar Tweaks add-on

4. Once the add-on has installed, click the "Restart Firefox" button. Depending on your configuration, Firefox may note that it will try to restart your windows and tabs.

5. Once Firefox has restarted, return to the "Add-Ons" dialog box if you closed it by selecting the "Tools" menu, then "Add-ons". Then select "Extensions".

6. Underneath "Titlebar Tweaks", click the "Options" button.

Accessing Titlebar Tweaks options

7. The "Titlebar Tweaks Options" dialog box appears.

In the "Layout" section, you can choose to make the title bar display the webpage title, browser name, and/or browser versions in the following combinations:

* Webpage Title only
* Webpage Title - Browser Name
* Webpage Title - Browser Name - Browser Version
* Browser Name
* Browser Name - Browser Version
* Browser Name - Browser Version - Webpage Title

In the "Browser Name" section, you can enter a browser name to be displayed in the title bar.

When done, click "OK" to save your settings.

This tip was written for Mozilla Firefox v3.5 and Titlebar Tweaks 1.8.3.7 on a Windows Vista machine. Screenshots, instructions, and features for other versions may vary.