How To Add Style to the Address Bar With FireFox/SeaMonkey

[Alan]

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If you want to add a little style to your adress bar in FireFox or Seamonkey (see screenshot) try this:
Make sure your Hidden Files and Folders can be seen.

To do this with XP
Click Start.
Open My Computer.
Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View Tab.
Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
Click Yes to confirm.
Click OK.


And with Vista
Click Start.
Open Computer.
Press the ALT key.
Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View Tab.
Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
Click Yes to confirm.
Click OK

Now depending on your operating system:

With XP
Navigate to C:/Documents and Settings/Your User Name/Application Data/Mozilla/FireFox/Profiles/ay4oxhaa(the name of this folder will differ)/Chrome
You will now see two example files, click to open userchrome_example.css.

With Vista
Navigate to C:/Users/Your User Name/Application Data/Roaming/Mozilla/FireFox/Profiles/ay4oxhaa(the name of this folder will differ)/Chrome
(If you are using SeaMonkey then you will only see the Profiles/Default folder not the FireFox folder.)
You will now see two example files, click to open userchrome_example.css.

Highlight everything in that file and delete it.
Now copy ALL of the code below and paste it in.

#urlbar {
font-weight: bold !important;
font-style: italic !important;
font-size: 14px !important;
font-family: ariel !important;
}

Edit the highlighted words to what ever font and style you want and then save the file as userchrome.css.

Restart your browser to see the difference. If you want to revert back to the system standard, just delete the file.

This might sound a little complicated, but it is very easy.