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   Felix to Jeff Layman   
   Re: Viewing hidden files   
   17 Aug 25 12:29:49   
   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Jeff Layman wrote:   
   > It's straightforward with Nemo; just go into the "View" menu and tick   
   > the "Show hidden files" box. But what if there's no menu?   
   >   
   > My pet hate with browsers is having the tabs above the address bar,   
   > and no easy way to put them below it. With Firefox, it was fairly   
   > straightforward with a userChrome.css file. However, with the   
   > increasing tendency to write webpages specifically for Chrome, I have   
   > started using Vivaldi as a backup browser. Although its GUI is very   
   > customisable, like Fx there is no simple way of putting tabs below the   
   > address bar.   
   >   
   > I recently found that it was possible to use a *.css file with Vivaldi   
   > in the same way as with Fx to move the tab bar. The page   
   >    
   > shows the script, and refers back to   
   >  for general   
   > instructions on how to modify Vivaldi. This is the instruction list:   
   >   
   > Adding Style (CSS)   
   > -    Open vivaldi://experiments   
   > -    Enable "Allow for using CSS modifications".   
   > -    Open Appearance section in settings.   
   > -    Under "Custom UI Modifications" choose the folder you want to use.   
   > -    Place your CSS files inside this folder.   
   > -    Restart Vivaldi to see them in effect.   
   >   
   > The problem is with the "choose the folder you want to use". On   
   > clicking the "Select folder" button, a partial Nemo-type GUI appears   
   > with a list of all the folders in my Home folder. Well, not all -   
   > *none* of the hidden folders appear, and Vivaldi is in the hidden   
   > .config folder! As noted above, it would be easy to see the hidden   
   > files with Nemo, but the GUI which Vivaldi opens has no menu items. So   
   > I took a chance and checked with Nemo's "View" menu, and after   
   > ensuring the cursor was in the Vivaldi GUI folder list, keyed Ctrl-H.   
   > I was relieved to see .config folder appear, and it was then a simple   
   > matter to put the css file in it. On starting Vivaldi, the tabs were   
   > below the address bar.   
   >   
   > I hope that this is useful for anyone coming across a similar problem.   
   >   
      
   with firefox you can also have the tabs in a side panel, of course   
      
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