Comments on: Custom Firefox Toolbar Buttons

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:57:06 +0000

I hope you still check this, but I am having a problem with this.

I am making my own buttons but my question is, do I have to lay them out the same way that you layed yours out on the document? Like;

—Back— —Forward— etc etc etc etc
Normal,
Pressed,
Disabled,
Hover,
Active.

Also when I open the browser folder there is only toolbar.png I dont have toolbar small.png

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:55:07 +0000

To activate the guidelines, you have to first activate the rulers then what you do is click on the ruler, then hold, then drag it into position. I had to create all of them manually.

By: WDDan

WDDan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:24:01 +0000

I want to make buttons 32×32 but how can i have that grids like in FireWorks.

I’m using Adobe PhotoShop CS3

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:00:59 +0000

Without being able to see your files, I’m un-sure. Usually an issue with naming. Possibly with the install files.

By: mrbeer100

mrbeer100 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:40:29 +0000

Nice TUT! but for some reason I just get the classic firefox icons not my icons :O!
Please help!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:11:57 +0000

Send me the jar file and I can look into it. twistermc/gmail

By: ClivetheDive

ClivetheDive — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:59:53 +0000

Same problem here – maybe a rookie mistake? can you remember how you fixed it for the following guys?

best website tut. ive ever seen dude! I’ll forward it to all my friends weve been discussing it for ages! you may even help out your itunes addiction!!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:23:14 +0000

They can be any size you want, you just may need to edit the CSS files to matched the new size.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:05:54 +0000

You can modify the button files to make them any way you want.

By: EMH

EMH — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:01:54 +0000

I would like to make back and forward buttons that are not inside a rectangle-oval.

Can this theme be modified to use standalone back and forward buttons?

By: Kurtis

Kurtis — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:09:24 +0000

so what about the sizes of the buttons? can they still be 32×32? the ones you have seem to be 24×24 and I am not sure of the big back and forward buttons. I want mine to be 32×32 because the image isn’t so clear that I am shrinking down and the bigger the better in my case. Thanks.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:22:14 +0000

For Firefox 3 it’s pretty similar. All buttons are the same size with the exception of the big back and forward buttons. Row 1 is normal, row 2 is disabled row 3 is pressed. And yes, I do need to make updates to this post.

By: Kurtis

Kurtis — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:33:40 +0000

I don’t understand how to implement these instructions for developing a theme for Firefox 3. The template you have above doesn’t look like the toolbar image you have in the Assets folder…can you explain the size difference requirements in Firefox 3? Whenever you went through and updated the instructions for Firefox 3, it got really confusing- it seems that creating a new guide for Firefox 3 would have been more efficient. Thanks for all you do though, it has been a big help so far!

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:07:18 +0000

Wow….Just….Wow….You should make us pay to read this stuff.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:41:41 +0000

Hi Scott. Same name, same location.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:36:34 +0000

When you say, “When you are done creating the buttons in your graphics program, you can save them out as GIF, JPG or PNG format. I suggest PNG because it’s the best quality. I always have transparent backgrounds so I save out the images as PNG 32.”

Where are these being saved to? Do I place them over the original pictures in the toolbar.png file? If not, where do I save them and with what name?

By: blaer

blaer — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:21:01 +0000

i wish you’d do this for changing the firefox color, like
going from the default skin to a dark skin.

keep it up

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:03:44 +0000

Not without seeing the files. You can send them to twistermc/gmail

By: AaronD

AaronD — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:51:24 +0000

i have the same problem as DanG…any idea’s?

By: DanG

DanG — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:40:43 +0000

umm hey i followed your tut (which is great btw its really helpful) but when i go to re-package the .jar file the modified icons dont show up, for some reason it goes back to the classic buttons >.<, are there ne ideas where i went wrong?