Month: October 2005

browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped

Chris Ilias 9 Comments

[for Firefox users]
When you type a web address in the location bar of Mozilla Firefox, a drop-down list will appear, showing entries in your browser history that match what you have typed so far. Sometimes people only want entries that have been previously typed. Well, there’s a preference setting for that.

Enter about:config in the location bar.
Search for the preference browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped.
Modify the value to true.

Limiting The Attachment Window Size in Thunderbird

Chris Ilias 8 Comments

[for Mozilla Thunderbird users]
Ever get an email message in Thunderbird, with so many files attached, the attachment pane takes over the message viewing area? In Mozilla Thunderbird, you can set a limit to the height of the attachments pane.

Open a text editor, such as Notepad, and paste this text:
#attachmentList {max-height: 4em !important;}

Save the file as userChrome.css (not userChrome.css.txt), and put it the \chrome\ folder of your Thunderbird profile folder.

However, there is one caveat. If you do receive a message with so many attachments, that the height limit is exceeded, there will not be a scrollbar for you to browse through the rest. You can use the menu File–>Attachments to see the full list.

UPDATE: Try the script in comment #1 first.

Prefbar tips

Chris Ilias

Here are some Prefbar tips I’ve kept around.

– To create a button for Normal ‘Text Size‘, use the onclick value
ZoomManager.prototype.getInstance().reset();

– To create a button for ‘Close Tab‘, use the onclick value
BrowserCloseTabOrWindow();
(this may cause your window to close if you click on it, with one tab open)

– In the Mozilla Application Suite, to create a button for ‘Fill in Form‘, use the onclick value
formPrefill();