That is probably the wrong name for them, sorry. At the top of my Chrome window there are normally three lines of info/tools above the actual webpage site. From the top:
First, a line with a down arrow that accesses open and recently closed tabs, then the name/icons of the various tabs I’ve opened.
Second, a line with ‘go back’ ‘go forward’ ‘reload’ ‘home’ and then the name of the tab currently open, then a bunch of icons including ‘make a bookmark’ and ‘open ad blocker’ and finally the three dot thing that opens a menu of stuff.
Third, the actual bookmark bar.
The past few days all of that has vanished from the screen at times, but not because of anything I’ve deliberately done. Just now it happened when I was completely out of the room for fifteen minutes. When I left, things were normal. When I came back, all three top bars had vanished, and the Straight Dope web page basically filled the whole screen. This leaves me with no icons to maneuver from page to page. In fact, the only way I’ve found to end this is to use control-alt-delete, chose the Task Manager, and then select and close Chrome. I can reopen Chrome, and it looks normal then, but I’ve lost the tabs I’ve chosen to open (basically, the list of the threads I wanted to read, but hadn’t gotten to yet.) This makes me sad.
Two questions:
Am I doing something that causes this to happen, some accidental key touch?
When it happens, how do I get my normal menu bars back again? Without having to lose my chosen tabs, hopefully.
Thanks for the helpful wisdom I hope to receive!