Web Developer Toolbar Broken / Empty / not showing, Fixed

  Posted: January, 01 2008

For those who have the Web Developer tool bar installed, and have had some problems with it disappearing suddenly, then here’s a quick fix.

This normally happens due to an update or Browser crash - the solution is simple, but not terribly obvious when scouring the Tool Menus.

The Problem

Web Developer developer add-on not showing Icons or text, or both.

The Solution

Quite possibly one of the easiest solutions to date, but none the less have made it available.

1. Right-click on the Toolbar and choose ‘Customize’
2. Drag any missing buttons from the ‘Customize Toolbar’ window to the toolbar or simply click ‘Restore Default Set‘
3. Click ‘Done’.

Told you it was simple - make sure Icons and Text are selected from the drop down menu if you require both.

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15 Comments

1. gregory thompson February 17, 2008

   thanks a lot, this saved me a lot of stress

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3. J P July 9, 2008

   Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I feel like one of those stupid people who think their computer is broken and the IT guy just says “reboot your machine” and it fixes the “problem”.

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5. Dave L August 5, 2008

   Doesn’t work for me .. still missing all content in toolbar

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7. Brian D August 14, 2008

   Thanks this was just what I needed. Feel stupid now, but that will fade…

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9. Jan C. August 17, 2008

   Great! thanks.

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11. Harry August 28, 2008

    Thanks so much! It worked perfectly.

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13. marcus September 2, 2008

    I had the same problem. Also had problems with other plugins&toolbars not showing (delicious, firebug, …). I uninstalled a bunch of other addons (addblock, noscript, …), and they reappeared. After that i’d recommend installing them back one by one and seeing which one causes the problems…

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15. Graeme McCall October 16, 2008

    Thanks for that tip! Used it just now.

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17. PeterC November 24, 2008

    Tx, problem solved

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19. Marcel December 1, 2008

    Thanks!

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21. Andrew January 2, 2009

    Thank you for the tip. I found an even easier method using your idea — click on “restore default set”.

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23. admin January 2, 2009

    It does specify this method in Step 2 of the solution.

    However, it could be clearer, so have made it bold for future onlookers, thanks.

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25. Dave March 5, 2009

    Step 2 “Restore default set” worked like a charm. Thank you for this!

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27. Alex May 12, 2009

    Thanks for figuring out for us, this was way to simple…

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29. Jop from Speed Up Your PC May 30, 2009

    Thanks for helping me out. Tried to uninstall and install it again, but that did not help. Your tip saved me a lot of time.

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