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How do I hide the toolbar that shows browser icons floating above my code?

I'm using WebStorm 64 bit, version 10.0.4, on Windows 8.1 x64.

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Evan Wieland
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    What an annoying feature. I do not want a browser popping up when simply trying to edit the markup. It's ridiculous to have that as the default, if not a ridiculous feature entirely. – Rick O'Shea Feb 15 '20 at 22:03

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  1. Settings/Preferences
  2. Tools | Web Browsers
  3. Uncheck Show browser popup in the editor option (bottom part of the screen)

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Since 2020.3 version you have a bit better control over file types:

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Another possible solution: just disable all browsers in that list.

LazyOne
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    Thank you! Of course this is under Tools. not under View. or Appearance. or anywhere else you might expect it to be... :) – Adam Feb 17 '16 at 15:59
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    @Adam **Hint:** settings screen has search functionality -- try using it. Once you start using it you will soon realise that exact location does not really matter if you know the setting name. **P.S.** `Help | Find Action..` as well as `Search Everywhere` functionality can also search trough settings and allow to turn on/off most of them directly from results list. – LazyOne Feb 17 '16 at 16:02
  • There's no settings tab for me..there's a file -> settings tab. But not a settings tab. Phpstorms UI is so so bad.. – user2879055 Aug 24 '18 at 09:42
  • @user2879055 The UI is fine. Search field (top left side) also works fine and allows to short list possible settings (try typing `browser` there). See the screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/24F5F.png -- I've updated answer to match latest IDE version (2018.2) – LazyOne Aug 24 '18 at 09:53
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    For anyone with 2020.3+, now you can only check/uncheck `For HTML files` and `For XML files` and maybe more (I am using PHPStorm), so you will not see `Show browser popup in the editor` anymore. – matiaslauriti Mar 24 '21 at 00:03