How To Change The Tab Size In Firefox – Firefox Tweak

Firefox is a widely used famous browser that most of the windows users  users use, or maybe even the non-windows users too. Now, every user wants to use his product to its utmost efficiency. I think that’s why you are here searching for some or the other tips and tricks while using the browser to get its maximum advantage. Go and read a simple trick to change the size of the tabs in firefox to make your browser look clean.

So, now let’s get into the topic. You need to go to the configuration edtior. To do this go to the address bar, there type the following (without quotes) “about:config”. You will get a warning message to not to enter. Ignore it and enter into the editor.

How to change the maximum width of a tab?

In the filter form, type the following: “browser.tab” (without quotes). After this, browse a little down to the list and search for “browser.tabs.tabMaxWidth”. Now after getting this, double click on the item and change the value to your desired value. (You can check out the correct width by trial and error method). For your information, the default value is 250 (pixels).

How to change the minimum width of a tab?

Now, what you edited just now was the maximum width of the tab. To change the minimum width of the tab you need to search for “browser.tabs.tabMinWidth” this. After you get this again double click on that and change the value to you desired one. But you desire should be limited here, because due to the tab desgin the firefox does not show any effect on values less than 38 (pixels). Also, note that the default value is 100px.

Here is how it looks when the maximum width is set to 500px. Also I came to know that there is 1000px in a tab bar. (Click on the image to view it clearly)