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How can I make about:newtab more responsive?

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RyanM88
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I'm trying to make Firefox display ALL about:newtab entries on smaller viewports, rather than a few. For example,

I have browser.newtabpage.columns = 4 and browser.newtabpage.rows = 3. All 12 columns are visible when FF is maximised on a 1080p screen. But doing so on a 15" screen gets me just 9 results. What I would like is to be able to scroll through and see all of them.

I've tried trawling through about:config and searching google to no avail.

I'm trying to make Firefox display ALL about:newtab entries on smaller viewports, rather than a few. For example, I have browser.newtabpage.columns = 4 and browser.newtabpage.rows = 3. All 12 columns are visible when FF is maximised on a 1080p screen. But doing so on a 15" screen gets me just 9 results. What I would like is to be able to scroll through and see all of them. I've tried trawling through about:config and searching google to no avail.

Chosen solution

You can zoom out the about:newtab page to resize the tiles and have more tiles fit on the page.

  • View > Zoom > Zoom Out; Ctrl and -
    "Zoom Text Only" shouldn't have a tick

This will affect all elements on the page, so text get smaller as well. Make sure that only one tab with the about:newtab page is open when you change the page zoom.

Toggle the browser.newtab.preload pref to false on the about:config page in case of issues with remembering the page zoom of the about:newtab page.

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.

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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You can zoom out the about:newtab page to resize the tiles and have more tiles fit on the page.

  • View > Zoom > Zoom Out; Ctrl and -
    "Zoom Text Only" shouldn't have a tick

This will affect all elements on the page, so text get smaller as well. Make sure that only one tab with the about:newtab page is open when you change the page zoom.

Toggle the browser.newtab.preload pref to false on the about:config page in case of issues with remembering the page zoom of the about:newtab page.

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.

RyanM88
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A bit embarrassed that I didn't think of that. Perhaps it's because I didn't think FF allowed per page zoom levels. Anyway, thanks a ton! Though it's a little confusing why this isn't the default behavior. The scrollbar displays anyway, it's just that results are truncated.

cor-el
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You're welcome.