Firefox Home shows only 8 shortcuts and hides the Add button despite being set to 4 rows
Environment:
- Windows
- Firefox 157.0 (64-bit)
- The same issue occurred in Fire… (xle nububuwo)
Firefox Home shows only 8 shortcuts and hides the Add button despite being set to 4 rows
Environment:
- Windows
- Firefox 157.0 (64-bit)
- The same issue occurred in Firefox 156.0.1 before updating.
- Built-in Firefox Home is selected for the homepage and new tabs.
Steps to reproduce in my current profile:
1. Enable Shortcuts in Firefox Home settings.
2. Set the number of shortcut rows to 4.
3. Add shortcuts using the "+" button.
4. Once 8 shortcuts have been added, the "+" button disappears.
5. Open another new tab or restart Firefox.
Actual result:
Only one row containing 8 shortcuts is displayed. There is no "+" button to add a ninth shortcut, although the settings still show 4 rows.
Expected result:
Firefox should allow additional shortcuts in the configured rows and keep an option to add more shortcuts until the available slots are filled.
Checks and troubleshooting:
- Confirmed that browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.topSitesRows is set to 4.
- The issue also occurred in Troubleshoot Mode.
- Temporarily enabling sponsored shortcuts did not help.
- Updating from Firefox 156.0.1 to 157.0 did not help.
- Testing browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.nova.enabled set to false did not help.
Additional context:
During earlier troubleshooting, browser.newtabpage.pinned was manually edited to add a ninth shortcut. After restarting Firefox, the previous shortcuts disappeared except for YouTube. I then rebuilt the shortcuts using the normal "+" button. The same problem returned as soon as I reached 8 shortcuts. The issue therefore existed before and after that manual edit.
I have not tested with a separate, fresh Firefox profile. I do not know which Firefox version first introduced the issue.