From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 17/08/2025 03:29, Felix wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   As you can with Vivaldi, which allows tabs at the top, bottom, left, or   
   right. But neither have a setting for tabs under the address bar, and it   
   was trying to get this with Vivaldi which led to my OP.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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