Hide Forward Button

Hides the forward button in Firefox 10.0 and older

Compatibility

Works with: Firefox 3.6-10.0

Background

A new feature in Firefox 10 is the forward button is hidden when you can not go forward. It will reappear (and shifts the address bar to the right) when you can go forward. You can can hide the forward button when not in use in older versions of Firefox.

When you can not go forward the ‘forward’ button is hidden.

The ‘forward button’ reappears when you can forward and is integrated into the address bar.

The Tweak

Add these lines into your userChrome.css file located within the chrome folder in your profile folder [directions].

/* Conditionally hide the Forward button */
#forward-button[disabled="true"]

{ display: none; }

Notes

If you want to unhide the forward button, see Display Tweak, Unhide Forward Button


Updated: November 23, 2025

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