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Firefox css: restyle the active tab handle

On the Firefox browser, especially with some themes, the active (ie. currently selected) tab can be difficult to distinguish, because it may have a similar background colour to the other tabs.

One simple and direct solution is to modify the "userChrome.css" file manually, through the following steps.

(Some Firefox and CSS knowledge is assumed.)

  1. On Firefox, go to the "about:config" page (by typing "about:config" in the url box), enter "toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets" in the searchbox, and set the value to "true".

  2. Again on Firefox, go to the "about:support" page, look for "Profile Folder", then open this folder.

  3. Inside this folder, look for (or create) a "chrome" folder, and inside the "chrome" folder, look for (or create) a "userChrome.css" file.

  4. Inside the "userChrome.css" file, carefully add the following lines at the top level. Add a border, or change the background if you prefer. Use crimson or your favourite colour. Try appending "!important" if it doesn't seem to work without it.

.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"] .tab-background {
  /* background: crimson none !important; */
  border: 1px solid crimson;
  border-bottom: none;
}
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  1. Restart Firefox.

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