shimmer - pleasant firefox userchrome with sidebery support (v2.8)

see the changelog for a history of changes

demonstration

light theme with sidebery, sidebar on left side

menus	urlbar

compact sidebar (very proud of the icons :P)

native tabs (no sidebery)

features

• popover url-bar (see demo animated image)
• works with custom themes (create an issue on github if you have any problems :D)
• rounded browser/sidebar corners
• minimized context menus
• subtle, non-obstructive transitions
• minimized findbar
• setting available to move sidebar to the right side
• small, 1px border at the top of the window to allow easy dragging when maximized

installation

• download code from github (green "code" button) and unzip it
• download sidebery from mozilla addons if wanted
• open sidebery settings, scroll to the bottom
• click on "import addon data"
• select "sidebery.json" from the downloaded archive
• keep the toggles at default and click "import"
• go to about:config
• toggle toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets true
• toggle svg.context-properties.content.enabled true
• if you're using firefox nightly, type shimmer.nightly into the config search box, then click + below
• open about:profiles, find your profile and open the root folder
• create a chrome folder if nonexistent
• move userChrome.css, userContent.css files and assets folder into the chrome directory
• reopen firefox
• done! :3
• please please PLEASE visit this github page once in a while to download the latest version, see "updating" section of this readme
• see "config" section of this readme for customization options

updating

i am expecting to make frequent chagnes to this project. check this github page once in a while and check if a new version is available. your installation's version is visible next to the close button of the new tab settings menu (top right on new tab).

how to update:

follow the installation instructions, allow your file explorer to replace files if asked (remember to update sidebery styles)

config

i've implemented some custom about:config values for you to modify. the list is small right now but i'm hoping to see some ideas and issues pop up

• shimmer.nightly - toggle true if using firefox nightly
• shimmer.show-sidebar-header - toggle true to show sidebar header
• shimmer.show-sidebar-header-close-button - even if you enable the header, the close button is automatically hidden. toggle this true to make it reappear
• shimmer.sidebar-right-side - toggle true if you use sidebery on the right side. you have to move the sidebar first in firefox using the sidebar header, which has to be reenabled in config
• shimmer.reverse-winctr-buttons-side - toggle true to move window control buttons to the left side
• shimmer.taller-tabs - toggle true to make the tabs as tall as default firefox tabs
• shimmer.shorter-navbar - toggle true to make the navbar as tall as on unmodified firefox (may require firefox restart)

some of the usual buttons that appear on the right-click context menu are hidden. right now you can change them at the top of userChrome.css. i will maybe later introduce about:config variables for easier customization

maintaining

please keep in mind that i won't always have time to fix a problem created by a new version of firefox in a day. if you'd like to create a pull request, feel free to do so. if you find any issues, please report them at the "issues" tab on github.

ko-fi

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