Navigation bar or address bar is missing solution for firefox

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.

Table of Contents

• The Forward button is only shown when necessary
• Showing the Navigation Toolbar
• Restoring the default toolbar set
• Check for interfering add-ons
• Reset Firefox

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.

1. Right-click on an empty section of the tab strip.
2. If Navigation Toolbar 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.
     

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Restoring the default toolbar set

1. Right-click on an empty section of the tab strip and select Customize... to open the Customize Toolbar window.
2. Click Restore Default Set
   
   
3. Click Done to dismiss the Customize Toolbars window.

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.

Reset Firefox

If the solutions above didn't help, you can restore Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.

Note: When using the reset feature, your bookmarks, browsing history, passwords, cookies and web form auto-fill information will be saved. However, your extensions and themes will be removed; open tabs, windows and tab groups will not be saved; and your preferences will be reset. Learn more.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.

   

2. Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.

   

3. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.
4. Firefox will close and be reset. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.