I am running OSX 10.9 Maverick on a Macbook Pro . I observe this problem in Firefox 25.1 The scroll bars in any application window all dissapear after about a second. If you resize the window or select an item with subdirectories in a list, the scroll bar in the pane you are in reappears, but it does not dwell long enough to allow you to move a cursor over it. (What is the point of making it dissapear anyway?) Two finger scrolling does not work for some reason, using a function and direction key or just a direction key works to scroll only in some websites but not all of them. This little bit of cleverness, if intentional is both un-needed and dysfunctional.
Show the function keys
Press and hold the Fn (Function) key on your keyboard to see F1 through F12 in the Touch Bar.
You can also make the function keys appear automatically when you use specific apps:
Firefox For Mac Touch Bars
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Keyboard.
- Click Shortcuts at the top of the window, then select Function Keys from the list on the left.
- Click the add button (+), then select an app and click Add. For each app that you add, the function keys will automatically appear in the Touch Bar whenever you're using that app.
Or use the onscreen keyboard
As an alternative to showing the function keys in the Touch Bar, you can use the function keys in the onscreen keyboard.
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Keyboard and complete one of these steps:
- If you're using macOS Big Sur, select 'Show Input menu in menu bar' in the Input Sources pane.
- If you're using macOS Catalina or earlier, select ”Show Keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar” in the Keyboard pane.
- Click the viewer icon in the menu bar, then choose Show Keyboard Viewer.
- Click the Fn key in the onscreen keyboard to make it show all function keys.
Tip: You can add Firefox to your dock for easy access. Just open your Applications folder and drag Firefox to the dock. Firefox is now ready for use. Just click on its icon in the dock or Applications folder to start it. Starting Firefox for the first time. When you first start up Firefox, you will be warned that you downloaded Firefox from the Internet. Firefox implements Apple’s Touch Bar API in its Widget: Cocoa code with an nsTouchBar class. NsTouchBar interfaces between Apple’s Touch Bar API and the TouchBarHelper JavaScript API. The best resource to understand the Touch Bar API is Apple’s official documentation. Type touchbar (without space) into the search bar. Click on TouchBarServer in the results and click the x icon at the top-left corner. Note: This process is labeled “Touch Bar agent” on MacBooks running macOS Sierra (version 10.12) or older.
Show the function keys when using Microsoft Windows
Press and hold the Fn (Function) key on your keyboard to see F1 through F12 in the Touch Bar.
You can also make the function keys appear continuously in the Touch Bar:
- From the notification area on the right side of the Windows taskbar, click the up arrow to show hidden icons.
- Click the Boot Camp icon , then choose Boot Camp Control Panel from the menu.
- If you're asked whether to allow this app to make changes, click Yes.
- Click the Keyboard tab.
- Select ”Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys”.
Or use the onscreen keyboard
Firefox For Mac Touch Bar Download
As an alternative to showing the function keys in the Touch Bar, you can use the onscreen keyboard:
Firefox For Mac Touch Bar
- From the Windows menu, select Windows Ease of Access.
- Click On-Screen Keyboard.
- Click the Fn key in the onscreen keyboard to make it show all function keys.
Learn more about the onscreen keyboard in Windows.