IE8: Display the Stop and Refresh Buttons Before the Address Bar

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon March 20, 2009  
Tag Icon Tagged: Browsers

By default, Internet Explorer 8 places the Stop and Refresh buttons after the Address Bar. If you want all of the browser controls to be grouped together, you can move your Stop and Refresh buttons to the left of the Address Bar.

1. Open Internet Explorer 8. You will find that the Refresh and Stop buttons are located to the right of the Address Bar.

2. Right-click on the tab bar.

3. Mouseover Customize and select Show Stop and Refresh Buttons before Address Bar.

The buttons will now be located to the left of the Address Bar.

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  • anonymous
    None of my options when I right click are the same, and there's no option for having them display on the left under Customize (which is actually "Customize Command Bar" for me).
  • Far Left Texas
    That's a sweet little trick, now the refresh icon is on the left, where it belongs - like it is in Firefox.

    Granted, I only use IE for one particular site, but I need the refresh button often.
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