no buttons in right top corner

[s10dave]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I have to use file menu to close firefox and can't minimize at all

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 2 18:50:53 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Marcus Asshauer (mcas)]

Thank you for reporting this bug. Are you using compiz? Have you tried to start with a clean profile? Can you minimize other windows than firefox?

[s10dave (s10dave)]

thanks for your response,what happens only in firefox is that when i open it up i don't get those buttons but when i make screen full size and back to normal the buttons are there. Iam a newbie to Linux so any answers will be helpful.
                                Dave> From: <email address hidden>> To: <email address hidden>> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:04:16 +0000> Subject: [Bug 254307] Re: no buttons in right top corner> > Thank you for reporting this bug. Are you using compiz? Have you tried> to start with a clean profile? Can you minimize other windows than> firefox?> > ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)> Status: New => Incomplete> > -- > no buttons in right top corner> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254307> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber> of the bug.> > Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete> > Bug description:> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0> > I have to use file menu to close firefox and can't minimize at all> > ProblemType: Bug> Architecture: i386> Date: Sat Aug 2 18:50:53 2008> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3> PackageArchitecture: i386> ProcEnviron:> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games> LANG=en_US.UTF-8> SHELL=/bin/bash> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
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[Piers (pierstuson)]

I find that only Firefox is affected (under Linux 8.10), all my other applications behave as they should.

If I have multiple Firefox windows plus other applications open and only want to close an individual browser window, I can either Alt+F4 whilst viewing it, or Alt+Tab to a non-Firefox window and then right-click the one I want to close, then select Close from the pop-up menu.

If I've only got multiple Firefox windows open, I have to Alt+Tab to the appropriate one and Alt+F4 to close it.

Looking forward to seeing my top-bar-corner buttons again :-)

[Piers (pierstuson)]

Further to my posting of yesterday, I hae found that by pressing F11 twice - i.e. toggling full-screen off and on - Firefox gets its top bar buttons. This gives a workaround and hopefully provides a clue as to the nature of the cause.

[Piers (pierstuson)]

Happy to say I found a page on support.mozilla.com that provided a way of restoring the buttons "properly":

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Back+and+forward+or+other+toolbar+buttons+are+missing

So after following the instructions in the "Reset toolbars and controls" section, Firefox now has the title bar and all its buttons. Perhaps only a bug in that I didn't change the settings, they somehow got changed without my noticing - perhaps when I accepted the latest Firefox upgrade.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

so no bug after all, more like an user broken setup.