Comments on: Firefox 2 Tip: Change Search Bar Size

By: Rduke15

Rduke15 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:08:44 +0000

An alternative is the Searchbar Autosizer extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1172

By: Rduke15

Rduke15 — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:52:43 +0000

This doesn’t work for me.

I have the search box on the menu bar, along with the “Bookmarks Toolbar Items”. In FF 1.5, the search box would take the size I wanted, and the Bookmark items would take the remaining space.

In 2.0.0.5pre, the search box remains tiny: just wide enough for the word “Google” it displays by default.

Can I set a max-width on the Bookmarks Toolbar Items?

By: arteKa Internet Communication » Blog Archive » 10 Ways to Power Up Your Firefox Search

Fri, 25 May 2007 10:56:03 +0000

[...] make it bigger, add this to the userChrome.css [...]

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Wed, 16 May 2007 06:34:27 +0000

Many thanks, yes the same technique works for Thunderbird too.
- Nikhil

By: LcF

LcF — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:15:59 +0000

@Nikhil: I guess it work the same for Thunderbird as well. Please read here for information about editing Thunderbird configuration file.

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:36:03 +0000

Is there a similar way to resize Thunderbird mail search box? (My thunderbird search bar has shrunk to tiny width, regardless of which theme I use).
- Nikhil

By: JSein456

JSein456 — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:28:26 +0000

I’ve been waiting for this to come along. I kept trying to resize the stubborn thing but nothing worked until I hit this page. Worked like a charm. Thanks!

I wonder why this hasn’t been updated on the support page yet…