EdgyArc-fr

Because Arc and Edge look pretty af but FOSS FTW

Prerequisites

The following is only valid from v1.0.0.b.10 onwards!

• Sidebery
• UserChrome Toggle
• Optional Addons:
  • Adaptive Tab Bar Color [OR]
  • Firefox Color

Features

• Based on Edge-frfox
• Sidebar Modifications
  • Auto-collapse sidebar into just icons
  • Auto-hide sidebar
  • Toggle sidebar show/collapse (using UserChrome Toggle)
• macOS only Translucent windows
• Custom Sidebery theme
• Auto-hide native top tabs when Sidebery or TST is active

Usage

Step 1 - Prerequisites

Step 2 Configure EdgyArc

Before you start using the theme as-is, you might want to have a look at all the style variants built into EdgyArc-fr

Feature Description	Screenshot
Translucent Effects macos Only af.edgyarc.macos-translucent
More Translucent ⚠️ Decreased text contrast/visibility af.edgyarc.macos-more-translucent
🔵 UI Tweaks
Thin Navigation Bar af.edgyarc.thin-navbar
Minimal Navigation Bar af.edgyarc.minimal-navbar
Greyscale webextensions icons uc.tweak.af.greyscale-webext-icons
Centered URL af.edgyarc.centered-url
🔵 Sidebar Tweaks ⚠️ Note: Requires UserChrome Toggle to make use of auto-collapse/auto-hide
Enable Sidebery Theme af.sidebery.edgyarc-theme
Minimal Sidebery when Collapsed af.sidebery.minimal-collapsed
Edge-like Sidebar af.edgyarc.edge-sidebar
Show Sidebar Header af.edgyarc.show-sidebar-header
Auto-Hide Sidebar af.edgyarc.autohide-sidebar Note: Requires UserChrome Toggle to work
Sidebar Always Collapsed af.edgyarc.sidebar-always-collapsed Note: Requires UserChrome Toggle to work
Wider Expanded Sidebar on Hover uc.tweak.af.sidebar-width-350
Sidebery Horizontal Navbar on Top Tab List af.sidebery.nav-on-top
Disable Dynamic Width Pinned Tabs af.sidebery.static-pinned-tab-width

Step 3 - Import Sidebery configs

Import the following into sidebery (Sideberry Settings > Help > Import Addon Data)

• sidebery-settings.json Contains settings for the addon that will overwrite your own settings. you dont have to use this if you dont want to. IF you are not using sidebery-settings.json please make sure you have the following settings configured in Sidebery Settings

  • General
    • Use Native Scroll Bars
      • Use thin Scroll Bars
  • Context Menu
    • Render Icons
  • Navigation Bar
    • Layout : Horizontal
    • Show Navigation Bar in one line: Off [OR On is you want a smaller more compact nav bar(beta11 and up)]
  • Tabs
    • Tab Colorization
      • Colorize tabs: Off
      • Colorize Branches: On
  • Appearance
    • Theme: Proton
    • Density: Relaxed
    • Color Scheme: Firefox

Step 4 - Set up Adaptive Tab Bar Color settings

Known Bugs

• windows Translucency / blur does not work on windows
• linux Translucency / blur does not work out of the box
• windows linux macos Sidebar on right is misaligned

Screenshots

Changelog

• v1.0.0-b10

  • Support for FF126 [for FF125 and lower, please continue using v1.0.0-b9]
  • Rewrote a large chunk of the code
  • Included copy of Edge-frfox (v 24.4.18) for fewer version compatibility issues

• v1.0.0-b9

  • New
  • Added Thin navbar variant uc.tweak.af.thin-navbar
  • Fixed
  • Sidebery CSS (default background for pinned tabs)
  • Titlebar Controls positioning

• v1.0.0-b8

  • Fixed
  • findbar background colour when using firefox color/adaptive tab bar color addons
  • tab notification deck translucency macOS
  • toolbar height
  • padding in urlbar+reload button combo
  • Positioned window controls Windows 10/11
  • private window indicator Windows 10/11
  • Tweaks
  • uc.tweak.af.no-dimming makes sidebar have 100% opacity. Prequisite : translucency must be disabled using uc.tweak.af.not-translucent #14
  • tweaked margins and paddings Windows 10/11

• v1.0.0-b7

  • Cleaned up code
  • Fixed sidebery css bug - dragging tabs would indicate incorrect drop location
  • fixed sidebery css bug - pinned tabs misaligned
  • Added feature - Show a styled sidebar header uc.tweak.af.show-sidebar-header > true
  • Added feature - Turn all web extension icons greyscale when not hovered uc.tweak.af.greyscale-webext-icons > true
  • Css tweak - Toolbar background images now fade away at the bottom so it doesnt look jarring
  • Css fix - show custom private window badge when tabbar is hidden
  • Css fix - fixed margins and paddings of buttons inside the urlbar
  • bug fix - extension dropdown sheets inside the urlbar now show properly when urlbar is not hovered

• v1.0.0-b6

  • cleaned up code
  • bugfixes
  • updated sidebery styles

• v1.0.0-b5

  • Rewritten most of the code for translucency in macos
  • Added new preference uc.tweak.af.hidden-sidebar to fully hide sidebar when autohde is turned on in Userchrome Toggle
  • Added new preferenceuc.tweak.af.translucent-enable to control translucency [mac only]
  • Added new preference uc.tweak.af.translucent-enable to enable arc-like translucent sidebar
  • Tweaked sidebery css

• v1.0.0-b4

  • Supports Adaptive Tab Bar Color in translucent windows enabled!

• v1.0.0-b3

  • restyled horizontal navigation bar to make it look less crappy
  • coloured tabs only show colour behind favicon, and not the whole row
  • expand tab group icon now more visible

• v1.0.0-b2

  • added translucency support on macos
  • changed hover opacities and transitions on navigator-toolbox
  • fixed search bar placement in sidebery css
  • fixed 1px bug in sidebery css

• v1.0.0-b1

• initial release

Issues and Contributions

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvement, please open an issue. Contributions are always welcome!

License

This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.