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With the latest update to Firefox, there is a feature that I would like to disable. When you open a window/tab or place the cursor in into the address bar, it becomes a bit bigger. How can I disable / reset this behavior?

address bar before update

Firefox before update

address bar after update

Firefox after update

Some time ago I asked the same question to Firefox 75 and got an answer with a working solution. But the solution for v75 doesn't work for the v77.

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    You can submit feedback to Mozilla about this feature: https://input.mozilla.org/feedback/firefox/77.0?utm_source=releasenotes – laktak Jun 03 '20 at 13:00

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The edits to about:config that worked for earlier versions of Firefox don't work for version 77, but the same results can be achieved through implementation of a userChrome.css file.

A good tutorial on how to create the file can be found at https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html, and the content that you need to place in the file has already been worked up and published at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WesleyBranton/userChrome.css-Customizations/master/css/remove_megabar.css.

I have performed this modification on Firefox 77 running under user-level rights on Windows 10 Enterprise, and it restored the normal url bar.

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    The raw.github link 404 – johnfound Jun 10 '20 at 07:45
  • I think the author of that content had it on github as a temporary location. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I've found it again at https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/comments/fxez4e/remove_new_megabar_grow_shrink_effect/ If that link goes away, I'll post the code, but I felt that the original author should get the credit for it. – user2748222 Jun 10 '20 at 22:33
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    Thanks, style works however how to open old history on focus? Not is not possible by mouse - only press key down. – Aleksey K Jun 11 '20 at 11:01
  • I apologize for being unable to help with that one. That feature might be configurable in the userChrome css file, but it's one that I don't use, so I haven't attempted to implement it. – user2748222 Jun 12 '20 at 13:17