Firefox 29: How to get Control Menu back?

Question

I just updated to Firefox 29 today, and now there's no Control Menu (Firefox icon). In fact, the entire Title Bar is now missing.

Here's how it looks in Firefox 29 (NOT what I want):

And here's how it looks on my other computer (Firefox 28 which I haven't updated yet). This is what I want:


How can I at least get the Control Menu back?

Answer 1

To get the control menu back in Firefox 29 on Windows:

1. Click the "Open Menu" (far right with the three horizontal bars)
2. Click "Customize (bottom of the opened window)
3. Click "Title Bar" (bottom left of the opened window) This toggles the top control menu on and off.

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Answer 2

Ok, this seems to work. Change the Firefox browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar setting to false.

1. Type about:config in your address bar.
2. Search for browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar.
3. Double-click to change value to false.

As Patrick R. pointed out, you can also use the Classic Theme Restorer add-on (addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer), and uncheck the Tabs in titlebar option.

Answer 3

Apparently, Mozilla has decided to get rid of the big orange Firefox button in the upper left corner, starting with Firefox 29.0. It has been replaced with a "Open menu" button on the right hand side, underneath the window close (x) button. This placement follows the foot steps of Internet Explorer (the gear icon), and Google Chrome. It actually resembles the menu button of Chrome 34, they almost look identical.

To get to "control menu" regardless of UI design

Regardless of what the UI looks like, try this keyboard shortcut to get the same result:

Alt+Space

You can use this in pretty much any program window in Windows. It works in Windows Explorer or File Explorer, CMD, or even programs that use their own window themes like Wunderlist or Spotify. So if you press this shortcut in Firefox 29.0 this is what you will get:

You can follow that up with C key to close the program window. (It will be a different key if you're Windows is not in English.) If all you want to do is just close the program window, you can always use the trusty old Alt+F4 and that will close it, without having to open the control menu.

Answer 4

To show the title bar without showing the menu bar, open about:config, search for browser.tabs.onTop and make it false.

Now the tab is on bottom, but the title still isn't shown. You need to install the add-on Display Window Title to make it visible. That's what I'm using now

After that you can right click at the title bar or press Alt+Space to view the window menu or system menu (not control menu)

Answer 5

One alternative is remove Firefox version 29 and go back to Firefox version 28:

http://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/28.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%2028.0.exe

(This link doesn't seem to be anywhere on the Mozilla website that I can find).