Make sure that toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible. *View > Toolbars *Right-click empty toolbar area Use Toolbar Layout (Customize) to open the Customize window and set which toolbar items to display. *check that "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar *if "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the toolbar palette into the Customize window to the Bookmarks Toolbar *if missing items are in the toolbar palette then drag them back from the Customize window on the toolbar *if you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar setup *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/How+to+customize+the+toolbar *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Back+and+forward+or+other+toolbar+items+are+missing You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file if the above didn't help. *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf

THANK YOU SO MUCH. i can't believe it was just that. it makes my firefox navigation so much more efficient. stef./.\