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How do I show more top sites when I open a new tab? Currently it only shows four.

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I open a new tab and I only see four top sites, I used to get eight. How do I change that back?

I open a new tab and I only see four top sites, I used to get eight. How do I change that back?

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If you "zoom out" by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping - once or twice, does that get the page to a good place?

If Firefox does not remember your zoom level on the page the next time you open it, you may need to turn off preloading the page using this setting:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste newtab and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.newtab.preload preference to switch its value from true to false

After the change, if you have any "new tab" pages open, close them, and open a new one, change the zoom setting, and now it should be remembered.


If you do not want to reduce the zoom level, there are some add-ons to tweak the page. The following is mentioned often:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/

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If you "zoom out" by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping - once or twice, does that get the page to a good place?

If Firefox does not remember your zoom level on the page the next time you open it, you may need to turn off preloading the page using this setting:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste newtab and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.newtab.preload preference to switch its value from true to false

After the change, if you have any "new tab" pages open, close them, and open a new one, change the zoom setting, and now it should be remembered.


If you do not want to reduce the zoom level, there are some add-ons to tweak the page. The following is mentioned often:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/

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Zooming out worked. Thank you for your help!