Regain the persistent Go button in Firefox 3

One of the big changes in Firefox 3 is the fact that the Go button only shows up when you’re typing in the Location bar. What do you do if you want it to be there all the time? Thanks to someone at Mozillazine I have a hack for you that’s safe to use (as long as you put it in the right place) and is actually really easy to use. This is only for Firefox 3 betas and should not be used in Firefox 2.

First you have to find the folder that holds your current profile. If you don’t know where that is you can read this page in the Mozillazine Knowledge Base. Once you’ve opened it in your favorite file management program look for a directory named chrome. If the directory doesn’t exist go ahead and create it and drill down so you’re looking at the directory’s contents.

Once you’re in the chrome folder in your current Firefox 3 profile look for a file called userChrome.css. Again, if you don’t have a file by that name it’s ok, just go ahead and create a blank text document (text file for the Windows users) and call it userChrome.css. Open the file in a plain text editor (Notepad, Gedit, Geany, or whatever you prefer to use for editing text files, as long as it’s not a word processor like Word, WordPad or OpenOffice.org Word Processor). Once the file is open put this in at the end of it:

#urlbar[pageproxystate="valid"] > #urlbar-icons > #go-button {  visibility: visible !important;
}

Save the file and restart your Firefox 3 beta and voila! The Go button should always be in your Location bar, ready for your use at any time.

Special thanks to Canyonero for pointing this out to us in the Mozillazine Forums.