Can't OK Firefox preferences window on Ubuntu

Kernel_Sanders

One of the problems with the vertical strip of icons on this GUI encroaching onto the screen means that you have to fully enlarge windows that you need to OK, if that button is situated at the very bottom. As you can see from the screen print this option isn't available, and furthermore it isn't possible to drag the window any further north - it just wants to stop where it is!

espresso

solution here.

Graham1

The keyboard Enter key does the same job as the close button in that dialog. There aren't any other options below the location bar setting (in version 34.0).

tavernman

Try Alf+F7 that is the move option, move the hand a bit up voila, or right click on the window masthead HTH

Kernel_Sanders

espresso wrote: »

solution here.

Are you saying it's nothing to do with the vertical list? If the screen resolution is wrong, then my version is 12.10, not 14. It's a 10.1" Asus Eee BTW.

fermi

Depending on the version of Firefox, if you enter

[noparse]about:preferences[/noparse]

in the address bar (then enter)

you may be able to get to the alternative way to access preferences, which is more like a web page in a tab and so scrollable.

Like:

Kernel_Sanders

fermi wrote: »

Depending on the version of Firefox, if you enter

[noparse]about:preferences[/noparse]

in the address bar (then enter)

you may be able to get to the alternative way to access preferences, which is more like a web page in a tab and so scrollable.

I'm using 30.0 and although that does scroll, it only goes as far as yours does in your pic.

Kernel_Sanders

tavernman wrote: »

Try Alf+F7 that is the move option, move the hand a bit up voila, or right click on the window masthead HTH

Thanks, both of those worked a treat. Now I know what Graham was on about when he told me how to close it! This problem is one of terminology, because if you look at the Topcashback instructions in the screenpic in the OP, it tells you to click 'OK', yet there is no such button.

I did switch to Chrome in order to clear cookies as Topcashback's cookie needs to be the last one before going to the vendor site. When I did the test tracking, it says it works, yet the cookie symbol in the address bar says cookies have not been set. How can this be?

fermi

That's as far as it can go.

You don't need a close or OK button with that way of doing it.

You just change the settings you want then close the browser tab.

It's one option.

Mozilla are looking to switch to that way of doing the options by default sometime, and doing away with the separate settings window.

fermi

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

if you look at the Topcashback instructions in the screenpic in the OP, it tells you to click 'OK', yet there is no such button.

Ah! I see.

There is no "OK" button on linux Firefox builds.

There is a close button, but you can just close the window any other way you can to do the same thing.

You don't need to click any OK to apply any changed settings.