How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

Summary:

This thread describes how you can hide the Top and Bottom toolbars if you are using Opera or Firefox.

How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

North 19 Jul 2009 10:32

Here is a step by step tutorial on how you can hide the Top and Bottom toolbars if you are using Opera or Firefox:

1. Download the following file: http://bvs.wikidot.com/local--files/start/userContent.css (this will open as a text file just save it - Ctrl + S)
2. For Opera:
   • Method 1 (applies only to the current site):
     • Right Click on a page from the BvS Wiki.
     • Click Edit Site Preferences.
     • Go to the Display tab.
     • Under My Style Sheet click Choose an select the file you downloaded earlier.
   • Method 2 (applies to all sites):
     • Go to Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Content -> Style Options
     • Under My Style Sheet click Choose an select the file you downloaded earlier.
3. For Firefox:
   • Copy the downloaded file to this location:
     • C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\besw4win.default\chrome\
     • <User> is generic. Replace this with your Windows UserName.
   • The Path provided is for Windows XP. Your Firefox profile folder might be located somewhere else on your system.

You can create the file yourself if you want (plain txt file). Name it userContent.css (mandatory for Firefox; for Opera just make sure the extension is css). After that, edit it with Notepad or something similar. Just paste the following text:

#navi-bar, #footer-bar, #navi-bar-shadow
{
    display: none;
}

Last edited on 24 Jul 2009 06:57 by North Show more

Re: How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

Lafiel 24 Jul 2009 15:07

I suggest https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/521

Re: How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

campsoup 02 Aug 2009 22:08

I found that the following GreaseMonkey script worked for me:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/53950

Re: How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

Stig Hemmer 11 Sep 2009 20:50

When posting an article like this, you should mention that doing this violates the Terms Of Service. That way people won't be surprised when their access is cut off.

Re: How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

Xeserex 13 Sep 2009 02:27

As someone who doesn't use Opera or Firefox, I find myself curious as to just how intrusive/annoying the toolbars actually are. Is the complaint purely cosmetic or is there another reason?

Re: How to hide Top and Bottom toolbars

North 10 Jan 2010 08:21

They look the same no matter what browser you use. It's just that they are there that bothers.

Also, it's not a violation of the Terms of Service if you hide it yourself. It is a violation if I, the Administrator, hide it for all the users. Your access can't be cut off. This was discussed, and the Staff of Wikidot agreed that we can do it. You are free to style what you see however you want, and you are free to chose what you want to see.