Reload button in Location bar

Reload button in Location bar

A WebExtension which adds the reload button to the Firefox Location bar.

What is Reload button in Location bar?

Reload button in Location bar is a Firefox add-on by ExE Boss. This add-on has 97 daily active users and a good user rating of 4.41. The latest version, 0.1.3, was updated 5 years ago.

Stats
Stats date:
Users: 97 ▼ -3
Rating: 4.41 (17)
Version: 0.1.3 (Last updated: 2018-08-21)
Creation date: 2017-09-24
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Size: 83.11K
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
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Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Summary
A WebExtension which adds the reload button to the Firefox Location bar.

This makes it look the way it did in Firefox Australis (29 – 56).

To get rid of the reload button in the location bar, you need to drag it off the Navigation bar in the Customise view.

To fix the icon being too dark when using dark themes, you currently need to enable svg.context‑properties.content.enabled in about:config, because Mozilla (see also: SVGWG issue #348).
Safety
Risk impact

Reload button in Location bar is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

Reload button in Location bar has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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User reviews
Honestly amazing. A must have addon.
by AbsoluteDark, 2022-05-06

Very nice, but with Proton out there it may be nice to use the new thinner icons to better blend in.
by Wronschien, 2021-06-03

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