shimmer - pleasant firefox userchrome with sidebery support (v2.12)

see the changelog for a history of changes

demonstration

light theme with sidebery, sidebar on left side

sidebery, light theme, sidebar on left side	native tabs, "black" theme

menus	popover urlbar

compact findbar

quality of life improvements

compact, macos-like window control buttons

features

• popover url-bar (see demo animated image)
• works with custom themes
• rounded browser/sidebar corners
• minimized context menus
• subtle, non-obstructive transitions
• minimized findbar
• setting available to move sidebar to the right side
• small, 1px border at the top of the window to allow easy dragging when maximized
• config properties for customization
• compatible with firefox nightly

installation

• download code from github (green "code" button) and unzip it
• download sidebery from mozilla addons if wanted
• open sidebery settings, scroll to the bottom
• click on "import addon data"
• select "sidebery.json" from the downloaded archive
• keep the toggles at default and click "import"
• go to about:config
• toggle toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets true
• toggle svg.context-properties.content.enabled true
• if you're using firefox nightly, type shimmer.nightly into the config search box, then click + below
• open about:profiles, find your profile and open the root folder
• create a chrome folder if nonexistent
• move userChrome.css, userContent.css files and assets folder into the chrome directory
• reopen firefox
• done! :3
• please please PLEASE visit this github page once in a while to download the latest version, see "updating" section of this readme
• see "config" section of this readme for customization options

updating

i am expecting to make frequent chagnes to this project. check this github page once in a while and check if a new version is available. your installation's version is visible next to the close button of the new tab settings menu (top right on new tab).

how to update:

follow the installation instructions, allow your file explorer to replace files if asked (remember to update sidebery styles)

config

i've implemented some custom about:config values for you to modify. the list is small right now but i'm hoping to see some ideas and issues pop up

• shimmer.nightly - toggle true if using firefox nightly
• shimmer.show-sidebar-header - toggle true to show sidebar header
• shimmer.show-sidebar-header-close-button - even if you enable the header, the close button is automatically hidden. toggle this true to make it reappear
• shimmer.sidebar-right-side - toggle true if you use sidebery on the right side. you have to move the sidebar first in firefox using the sidebar header, which has to be reenabled in config
• shimmer.reverse-winctr-buttons-side - toggle true to move window control buttons to the left side
• shimmer.taller-tabs - toggle true to make the tabs as tall as default firefox tabs
• shimmer.shorter-navbar - toggle true to make the navbar as tall as on unmodified firefox (may require firefox restart)
• shimmer.disable-compact-winctr-buttons - toggle true to revert the compact window control buttons to default

some of the usual buttons that appear on the right-click context menu are hidden. right now you can change them at the top of userChrome.css. i will maybe later introduce about:config variables for easier customization

maintaining

please keep in mind that i won't always have time to fix a problem created by a new version of firefox in a day. if you'd like to create a pull request, feel free to do so. if you find any issues, please report them at the "issues" tab on github.