The Navigation Toolbar contains the Back, Forward and other navigation buttons along with the Location Bar and Search Bar. If these or other toolbar items are missing, this article will show you how to restore them.
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The Forward button is only shown when necessary
In old versions of Firefox, the Forward button was always visible. If there wasn't a page to go forward to, the button was grayed out (inactive). Now, instead of showing a Forward button that doesn't do anything when you click it, the Forward button is hidden until you have a page to travel forward to.
Showing the Navigation Toolbar
You may have the Navigation Toolbar hidden.
- Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click on an empty section of the tab strip.
- If is not checked, click it to make the Navigation Toolbar visible.
- If showing the Navigation Toolbar does not restore your missing buttons, continue to the next section.
- If showing the Navigation Toolbar does not restore your missing buttons, continue to the next section.
Restoring the default toolbar set
- Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click on an empty section of the tab strip and select to open the Customize Toolbar window.
- Click
- Click to dismiss the Customize Toolbars window.
Click the menu button , then click and select
- Click on the button:
The default toolbar buttons should now appear in their default locations. If you would like to rearrange your toolbar items, see Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars. If your toolbar buttons are still missing, continue to the next section.
Check for interfering add-ons
An extension or theme may be preventing toolbar items from being displayed. To determine if this is the cause, see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.
ResetRefresh Firefox
If the solutions above didn't help, you can restore Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
- Click the menu button , click , and select .
- Click then in the confirmation window that opens. Firefox will close to refresh itself.
- When finished, a window will list your imported information. Click the button. Firefox will open.
- Select whether you want Firefox to restore all or some windows and tabs, and click the button.
