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How to make enhanced view default on new tab page?

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J.C.
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Can you tell me how I make the "enhanced view" the default setting of the new tab page? Right now, I have to select it every time I turn on my computer and start the browser. It would be great to set it and forget it. Thanks -JC

Can you tell me how I make the "enhanced view" the default setting of the new tab page? Right now, I have to select it every time I turn on my computer and start the browser. It would be great to set it and forget it. Thanks -JC

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Mark Schmidt
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The next version of Firefox will only have the "enhanced" view. However, it won't be called enhanced- since it will be the only view.

J.C.
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Mark Schmidt said

The next version of Firefox will only have the "enhanced" view. However, it won't be called enhanced- since it will be the only view.

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your feedback. Until then, how do I make "enhanced" the default and keep the setting between computer sessions?

Mark Schmidt
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Type about:config in the address bar and click 'Enter'.

Search for "browser.newtabpage.enhanced" and then right click > Toggle (to set it to "True". I believe that should do it.

By the way, the next version of Firefox is less than two weeks away.

cor-el
cor-el
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I still see all three choices if I click the gear icon on the about:newtab page in the current Nightly (40a1). Only the label names have changed, so I don't think that they will be removed. The current Beta also still has three choices.

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J.C.
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Mark Schmidt said

Type about:config in the address bar and click 'Enter'. Search for "browser.newtabpage.enhanced" and then right click > Toggle (to set it to "True". I believe that should do it. By the way, the next version of Firefox is less than two weeks away.

Thanks for putting that out there. My setting is already on "true" so that must not set the feature as a default but rather indicating its current state. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks...

cor-el
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Do you see the tiles on the about:newtab page?

You can check the browser.newtab.url pref on the about:config page and set that pref to your preferred new tab page.

  • the default new tab page with the tiles is about:newtab
  • the default home page is about:home
  • for a blank page you can use about:blank

The browser.newtabpage.enabled pref should be set to true to use the page set via browser.newtab.url as the new tab page.

The directory tiles that Firefox shows on the about:newtab page are saved in the directoryLinks.json file in the parent location of the disk cache. You can check if you have this file. See the about:cache page for the location of the disk cache and go one level up.

You can check the browser.newtabpage.directory.source pref on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.directory.*

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window