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Hello

I was reading this article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ai-chatbot

In the section: "Select text to see suggested prompts" there is a screenshot which shows pre-written prompts and a textbox from the shortcut for AI prompts menu. Is it possible to have custom promts which are added to this menu?

Thanks

Best

Noah

In other browsers when I add extensions, I can open an extension panel, or got the the browsers installed extensions section, and edit open up my extension setting pages, and edit them. For example uBlock Origin, but there are others. It doesn't seem possible to do such a thing with Firefox. Is that on purpose or is something wrong?

In the article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended

https://packages.mozilla.org/apt leads to 404, not a Debian software repository / archive.

Step 4 (is broken)

Next, add the Mozilla APT repository to your sources list:

echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null

I recently reloaded my M1 MacBook Air with macOS Sequoia. Ever since doing so, Firefox opens the right-click menu every time I press Control+Return (like when attempting to autocomplete a URL ending in .com, a feature I use quite frequently). It is only in Firefox that this happens, no other browser or program is doing this. I have uninstalled Firefox using AppCleaner, downloaded a new copy of Firefox 131.0 and reinstalled without any change in this behavior. Any ideas on what I can do to stop this so Control+Return only autocompletes a URL again?

Can someone please tell me how to disable the new Sidebar? It is interrupting all of my workflow on the screen and it is frustrating with all of the choice and customization options in Firefox, that there would be no way to disable it.

Seems like the newest Firefox update (131.0) changed the way my Home Page (on the new tab) looks. WHY??

Now there's a giant logo taking up a fifth of the vertical space, forcing me to scroll to see my shortcut icons. WHY????

Oh, and the shortcut icons are now spaced farther apart and are significantly smaller. WHY????????

I set browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.logowordmark.alwaysVisible to false but the logo is still present.

Please revert these changes. Or, if someone could provide me with some tips on how to edit the userchrome.css or whatever, that would be great.

What's up with this? Two fake Trust Wallet add-ins were disabled within the last couple of days after one stole my money and I reported it, and another similar one. They had been pinned to my toolbar and they were subsequently taken off from there with the message that they had violated Mozilla's policies. Now I see that again there are two of them. How can this be prevented? The most obvious sign that these are fake is when one goes to create a new wallet the add-in directs the user to import instead, i.e. it wants to steal private information like recovery phrase.

How do I turn this odd feature that dims FF bars when window loses focus? As of look of it only tabbar and toolbar are affected. I couldn't find anything relevant under "about:config". Also some tricks with CSS didn't work for me, maybe because I have custom chromeCSS that brings tabbar under bookmarksbar and applies other customization so that FF window looks like old good FF before they started to put everything on a single line in the bar. Thanks in advance.

I know I can hide the sidebar by clicking the button on the toolbar. But I'm used to opening my bookmarks and history with ctrl+b and ctrl+h, and being able to close them the same way. This still works to close the actual bookmarks/history, but the sidebar doesn't return to being hidden (despite being hidden before I opened them), it hangs around taking up space on the left of my screen. Even after I removed everything so it's just a useless blank rectangle with "customise sidebar" at the bottom, it defaults to staying open unless I click the button. It's really annoying. Is there any way to make it hide itself again automatically once I'm done using it?

I recently updated my MacBook Pro to the latest MacOS (Sequoia). Though I didn't notice it immediately, today when I opened Firefox, all text is displayed in a foreign character set. It is pervasive - I've tried to use several tutorials to reset the language and all settings to default, but so far nothing has worked. I've uninstalled Firefox using AppCleaner (which gets any leftover files in OS folders, as well as the app itself), but a clean install results in the same issue. I've disabled all add-ons and reset all settings to default as near as I can tell. The only time the browser displays properly is when it's in Safe Mode. I'm not sure if this is related to the OS update, but I can't seem to identify any other recent change that could have the potential to cause this problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know where Mozilla wallpapers are stored? I wanted to set a wallpaper from Mozilla's menu as the desktop wallpaper on my laptop. I looked for hidden files and checked the forums, but I can't find them in the given locations e.g. my profile. Maybe these files are masked somehow. I'm looking for particular wallpaper from the abstraction category (screenshot). Can anyone tell me how to find it?

I have some code in my .css file that had restored colored folders, a la pre version 89 AFAIR, for the folders on the bookmarks toolbar and in the bookmarks menus off the toolbar. It was working in V138.

I just upgraded to V139 and it's no longer working. I have the plain black/white wireframes back for the toolbar folders on the bookmarks menus.

The code I was using is below. I didn't write it and I confess that I only marginally understand it.

Can someone help me to regaining the colored folders? The white ones are a serious visual impairment for my brain. I need them to be more distinct from the menus themselves.

/*

 Colored folders for Bookmarks Menus, Bookmarks Sidebar, Bookmarks Toolbar, Library window, Add/Edit Bookmarks dialog
 Substitutes a Firefox 57-style folder icon for the new wireframe folder icon

• /

/* Standard folder -- on Toolbar and Menus */

1. PlacesToolbarItems toolbarbutton[container="true"]:not([query="true"]) .toolbarbutton-icon,

-moz-any(

1. PlacesToolbarItems,
2. PlacesChevronPopup,
3. BMB_bookmarksPopup,
4. bookmarksMenu,
5. OtherBookmarksPopup) menu[container="true"]:not([query="true"]) > .menu-iconic-left > .menu-iconic-icon,

/* Standard folder -- in Sidebar, Library, Add/Edit Bookmark dialog */

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container),
5. editBMPanel_folderMenuList > .menulist-label-box > .menulist-icon,
6. editBMPanel_folderMenuList menupopup menuitem,
7. editBMPanel_folderMenuList {

 fill: #e8bb00 !important; /* slightly muted gold */
 /* Specify icon for Firefox 89 Proton (base 64 conversion from old SVG with gold color) */
 list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") !important;

}

/* Smart bookmark folder -- on Toolbar and Menus */

1. PlacesToolbarItems toolbarbutton[container="true"][query="true"] .toolbarbutton-icon,

-moz-any(

1. PlacesToolbarItems,
2. PlacesChevronPopup,
3. BMB_bookmarksPopup,
4. bookmarksMenu,
5. OtherBookmarksPopup) menu[container="true"][query="true"] > .menu-iconic-left > .menu-iconic-icon,

/* Smart bookmark folder -- in Sidebar, Library, Add/Edit Bookmark dialog */

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, query) {

 /* Specify icon for Firefox 89 Proton to override basic folder */
 list-style-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/places/folder-smart.svg") !important;
 fill: #69c !important; /* similar to blue smart folder color */

}

/*** Top-level "container" icons (otherwise would be Standard folder color) ***/ /* Bookmarks Menu -- in Sidebar, Library, Add/Edit Bookmark dialog */

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, OrganizerQuery_BookmarksMenu),

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, queryFolder_menu________),
5. editBMPanel_bmRootItem > .menu-iconic-left,
6. editBMPanel_folderMenuList[selectedIndex="1"] > .menulist-label-box > .menulist-icon,
7. editBMPanel_folderMenuList[selectedGuid="menu________"] {

 /* Specify icon for Firefox 89 Proton to override basic folder */
 list-style-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/places/bookmarksMenu.svg") !important;
 fill: olive !important;

}

/* Bookmarks Toolbar -- on Menus */

1. BMB_bookmarksPopup #BMB_bookmarksToolbar > .menu-iconic-left > .menu-iconic-icon,
2. bookmarksMenuPopup #bookmarksToolbarFolderMenu > .menu-iconic-left > .menu-iconic-icon,

/* Bookmarks Toolbar -- in Sidebar, Library, Add/Edit Bookmark dialog */

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, OrganizerQuery_BookmarksToolbar),

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, queryFolder_toolbar_____),
5. editBMPanel_toolbarFolderItem > .menu-iconic-left,
6. editBMPanel_folderMenuList[selectedIndex="0"] > .menulist-label-box > .menulist-icon,
7. editBMPanel_folderMenuList[selectedGuid="toolbar_____"] {

 /* Specify icon for Firefox 89 Proton to override basic folder */
 list-style-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/places/bookmarksToolbar.svg") !important;
 fill: olive !important;

}

/* Other Bookmarks -- on Menus */

1. BMB_bookmarksPopup #BMB_unsortedBookmarks > .menu-iconic-left > .menu-iconic-icon,
2. bookmarksMenuPopup #menu_unsortedBookmarks > .menu-iconic-left > .menu-iconic-icon,

/* Other Bookmarks -- in Sidebar, Library, Add/Edit Bookmark dialog */

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, OrganizerQuery_UnfiledBookmarks),

-moz-any(

1. bookmarks-view,
2. editBMPanel_folderTree,
3. placesList,
4. placeContent) treechildren::-moz-tree-image(container, queryFolder_unfiled_____),
5. editBMPanel_unfiledRootItem > .menu-iconic-left,
6. editBMPanel_folderMenuList[selectedIndex="2"] > .menulist-label-box > .menulist-icon,
7. editBMPanel_folderMenuList[selectedGuid="unfiled_____"],
8. OtherBookmarksPopup + .toolbarbutton-icon {

 /* Specify icon for Firefox 89 Proton (base 64 conversion from old SVG with olive color) */
 list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,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") !important;

}

/* (Older Firefox) Avoid overriding classic Bookmarks Toolbar and Other Bookmarks icons in menus */

1. BMB_bookmarksPopup #BMB_bookmarksToolbar.menu-iconic-icon,
2. bookmarksMenu #bookmarksToolbarFolderMenu.menu-iconic-icon {

 list-style-image: url("chrome://browser/skin/places/bookmarksToolbar.png") !important;

}

1. BMB_bookmarksPopup #BMB_unsortedBookmarks.menu-iconic-icon,
2. bookmarksMenu #menu_unsortedBookmarks.menu-iconic-icon {

 /* Specify icon for Firefox 89 Proton (base 64 conversion from old SVG with olive color) */
 list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMTYiIGhlaWdodD0iMTYiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxNiAxNiIgZmlsbD0ib2xpdmUiIGZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eT0iY29udGV4dC1maWxsLW9wYWNpdHkiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+CiAgPHBhdGggZmlsbC1vcGFjaXR5PSIuMDUiIGQ9Ik0xMi43LDFIMy4zbC0uMi42TC4xLDksMCw5LjJWMTNhMi4wMDYsMi4wMDYsMCwwLDAsMiwySDE0YTIuMDA2LDIuMDA2LDAsMCwwLDItMlY5LjJMMTUuOSw5bC0zLTcuNEwxMi43LDFaIi8+CiAgPHBhdGggZD0iTTEyLDJsMyw3LjRWMTNhLjk0NS45NDUsMCwwLDEtMSwxSDJhLjk0NS45NDUsMCwwLDEtMS0xVjkuNEw0LDJoOG0uNy0xSDMuM0wuMSw5LjEsMCw5LjJWMTNhMi4wMDYsMi4wMDYsMCwwLDAsMiwySDE0YTIuMDA2LDIuMDA2LDAsMCwwLDItMlY5LjJMMTUuOSw5LDEyLjcsMVoiLz4KICA8cGF0aCBmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk9Ii4wNSIgZD0iTTE0Ljk4OCw5LDEyLDJINEwuODUxLDlINS4wMjNBMi45MzEsMi45MzEsMCwwLDAsOCwxMS42LDIuODg5LDIuODg5LDAsMCwwLDExLjAxMiw5WiIvPgogIDxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0xMCw5QTIsMiwwLDAsMSw2LDlIMHYxSDUuMTg0YTIuOTgzLDIuOTgzLDAsMCwwLDUuNjMzLDBIMTZWOVoiLz4KPC9zdmc+") !important;

}

I'm having some trouble with automatic translations on firefox. I don't know if It's exclusive of firefox, but some websites, mostly wikis, open a "translate" field that automatically creates a new website, wich causes the images and some other stuff on the website to break. I tried disabling the translation on about:config off, as show in some other questions, but it did not work. This is being really annoying because it keeps breaking websites unless i get to the original link.

Please how do I stop these floating windows above the tabs in Firefox 131.0? They mostly cover up the tabs and make it difficult to impossible to open or close tabs. The floating window only half shows up above he tab. This is just insane and makes using Firefox almost to much to deal with. Every time I get near a tab the floating window appears and tells me what the tab already tells me. Come on this is GARBAGE!

H E L P !!!! PLEASE....

I'm trying to add the zscaler certificate (my company uses it) to firefox using the certificate manager. When i select the certificate and click import, nothing happens. The certificate doesn't show up on the list of authorities and there are no error messages.

I'm using firefox in a VM running Ubuntu btw and the certificate I exported from the host machine running Windows.

Hi! Why I lost the customize button on my Firefox's home page? This happened after the last Firefox upgrade.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Vaggelis J Tsagris

[edited email from public]

Hello! My computer is Win 7 (my system info; the same with greater detail). I've been relying on Waterfox (mainly to download videos; it's not the browser I use regularly) for years, and it has never given a problem, far as web access. I have not updated the browser, main reason being my downloading add-on (which happens to be the popular "Video DownloadHelper") behaves in a less preferred way in my other browsers. (I fear an update would put the kibosh on the better way that program functions in Waterfox.)

Suddenly Waterfox has become moody (I don't know if BB code is going to work here, but the following image is a scrrenshot of "Hmm. We're having trouble finding that site." If not showing below, the direct link.):

[URL=https://imgbox.com/hXEimf6M][IMG]https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/62/ca/hXEimf6M_t.jpg/IMG/URL

I am hoping the ones reading may have suggestions for me to get my Waterfox back.

I did install a VPN recently, but I don't think that's an issue. Another point of consideration: Waterfox can access the internet in Safe Mode.

I consulted this handy-dandy page before bothering you:

7 Fixes to Try When Waterfox Is Not Loading Webpages on Windows

1) Weak internet connection. (Nope.) 2) Corruption in Waterfox installation files. (This possibility seems remote. After all, it was working well until now. ) 3) Malicious extensions (I have tried disabling all extensions, and there aren't that many.) 4) Webpages will also fail to load if there's something wrong with the browser's code. (This "code," whatever that is. was working fine for all this time. A quick look-see led to this meaning of "code": "..Code is made from C++ and C. Also javascript, pyhton, ruby, and many other languages." That seems to be a long shot.)

Their recommendations (leaving out the ones that are not relevant):

2) Update Waterfox. (I'm trying to avoid that. Of course, this might be the solution; however, It's not as though my version is that old and would have stopped working. Of course... who knows.)

4) Check Your DNS (Sounds like a lot of trouble; I don't think this will make a difference, as other browsers present no problem, and WF works in Safe Mode.)

5) Clear Waterfox Cache and Cookies (I did that.)

6)  Remove Unwanted Extensions  (I did that, by disabling the toggles, as suggested.)

7) Reset Waterfox.

That might be the last resort, and I have the feeling a reset is not going to do the trick. Doing this will get rid of the video downloading extension I'm trying to preserve, and instead I'm hoping one or more experts might come up with another suggestion that will work.

As an additional point, under Waterfox's "Options" > "Network Settings" > "Settings," where the default choice under "Configure Proxy Access to the Internet" is "Use system proxy settings," I fooled around by checking the first two, "No proxy" and "Auto-detect proxy settings for this network," and neither selection did anything. I could not try the remaining choice, "Manual proxy configuration," because I have no idea what figures or numbers to place for that one. If the BB code for the screenshot below does not show, here is the direct image; I'm also using the "attachment" option below.

[URL=https://imgbox.com/AqBgHdib][IMG]https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/2c/b2/AqBgHdib_t.jpg/IMG/URL

It's really odd Waterfox suddenly stopped working; it was so reliable.

Thank you. I would be very grateful for your help.

.

I've never had sponsored shortcuts and suddenly today I've got them. I've attempted the disable the "sponsored shortcuts" on my desktop however its greyed out.

Starting state - Shortcuts selected, sponsored selected and grey Procedure: 1.) Deselect shortcuts, select shortcuts, sponsored becomes cyan 2.) Click sponsored, it becomes grey again 3.) Deselect shortcuts, select shortcuts, sponsored becomes cyan (again) 4.) Click sponsored, it appears deselected 5.) Hit refresh and it returns to starting state

I do not edit my GPO or registry, settings are not controlled by an organization, I am not confusing sponsored shortcuts with pinned search engines.