Always show the tab bar in Safari 3
Jun 15, '07 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: critcol
In Safari 3's preferences, the option to "Always show the tab bar" has been removed, but the inherent functionality is still available. (In fact, if you had it enabled in Safari 2, it will be enabled by default in Safari 3.) It works in both the OS X and Windows versions, and all you have to do is the following (make sure you quit Safari first on either platform).
OS X:
- Open the Safari plist file (~/Library » Preferences » com.apple.Safari.plist) in the Property List Editor.
- Click the triangle to open the Root list, then click once on Root to highlight it.
- Click the Add Child button.
- Change the name (New item) to AlwaysShowTabBar, set the Class to Boolean, and set Value to Yes.
- Save changes and quit Property List Editor.
Note: Changing Yes to No will stop always showing the Tab Bar for those of you who upgraded from Safari 2.
Windows:
For Windows, manually add the below key into the Preferences.plist:
<key>AlwaysShowTabBar</key>
<true/>
This hint tells you where to find Safari's plist in Windows.
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