Use the Awesome Screen to search the web, bookmarks and more
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- Creator: Joni
- Comment: fixed some awkward wording
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The Awesome Screen gives you your top sites, history and bookmarks, along with the ability to search the web - all in one convenient place. Learn more about the Awesome Screen's features and how to customize it the way you like it.
How the Awesome Screen works
The Awesome screen has panels for your Top Sites (most frequently visited sites), Bookmarks and History (sites you've visited in the past).
Access your top sites
Just open Firefox and you have access to all of the sites you visit most frequently. This list of sites will change as your habits change.
If you'd like to make sure something always shows up here, you can pin it.
- Tap and hold on a site and then choose . A mark in the upper-right corner lets you know the site is pinned.
Just open Firefox to have the sites you visit the most frequently right at your fingertips. This list of sites will change as your habits change.
If you'd like to make sure something always shows up here, you can pin it.
- Tap and hold on a site and then choose . You'll see a small push-pin next to the name of the site.
Search the web, your bookmarks and browsing history in one place
The Awesome Screen gets its name from the fact that you can search everything from one place.
- Tap the address bar or open a new tab and start typing. You will see sites you've bookmarked or visited before along with web searches you can do. Just tap the thing you want and you're set.
Of course, if you'd rather scroll through your bookmarks or history, you can do that too.
- Tap the address bar or open a new tab and then select the Bookmarks or History tab instead of typing.
- Just select History or Bookmarks from the Top Sites screen or a new tab.
Customize the way the Awesome Screen works
Customize your panels
Learn how to set a default panel or hide panels you don't need.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser)
, then (on some phones you may need to tap first).
- Tap , and then .
- On the Home menu, tap on a panel: History, Top Sites, Bookmarks, or Reading List.
- Choose if you want to see that panel when you launch Firefox for Android or if you don't want to see it at all. If a panel is already hidden, you can choose to unhide it.
Rearrange, hide or set a default panel
Now you can choose which panel to see first when you start Firefox. You can also rearrange panels and hide the ones you don't use.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser)
, then (on some phones you may need to tap first).
- Tap , and then .
- On the Home menu, tap on a panel: History, Top Sites, Bookmarks, or Reading List to see these options:
- Set as default: Choose if you want that panel as your default.
- Hide or Show: Tap if you don't want to see a panel at all. If a panel is already hidden, you can choose to unhide it.
- Change order: Tap , then either or to rearrange your panels on the home screen. The panels would appear on the home screen in the same order that they appear in this menu.
Turn on search suggestions
Turn on search suggestions to show related Google suggestions alongside your search words.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first) and check the Show search suggestions option.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), . Finally, check the Show search suggestions option.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), , . Finally, check the Show search suggestions option.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), , . Finally, check the Show search suggestions option.
Add search engines and choose the default one
Want to add YouTube results to your searches or use DuckDuckGo? No problem.
- Go to the site of the search engine you want to use. For example, youtube.com.
- Tap and hold inside the search box and choose .
Change your default search engine:
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (or if tools is not an option) and .
- Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose .
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), , .
- Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose .
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), , .
- Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose .
Show the URL in the address bar instead of the website name
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first) . Scroll down and tap the setting and choose Show page address.
- Tap the button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), . Then tap the setting and choose Show page address.