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how do i make firefox browser bigger on my laptop display

jeffbeavin
jeffbeavin
Posted

Firefox 4.0 only takes up the middle portion of my screen making it hard to read the content. i have a 17.3" screen and need it to be larger to make it easier to read

Firefox 4.0 only takes up the middle portion of my screen making it hard to read the content. i have a 17.3" screen and need it to be larger to make it easier to read

Additional System Details

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

This started when...

when i upgraded to FF 4.0

Installed Plug-ins

  • np-mswmp
  • Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.4.4"
  • Shockwave Flash 10.2 r153
  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_24 for Mozilla browsers
  • NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
  • 4.0.60310.0
  • Office Authorization plug-in for NPAPI browsers
  • The plug-in allows you to open and edit files using Microsoft Office applications
  • NPWLPG
  • BlackBerry WebSL Browser Plug-In

Application

  • User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0

More Information

Windows 7 and Dell VOstro 3700

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jscher2000
jscher2000
  • Top 10 Contributor
7238 solutions 58933 answers
Posted

You can maximize the Firefox window the same as you would with any other Windows application. However, many web pages have a pre-set width and won't expand to fill the browser. Perhaps the best solution for that is to use the Zoom feature to expand the page.

When you zoom the page, Firefox will remember that new setting for the site. This article describes the shortcut keys and mouse procedures for zooming: Page Zoom | How to | Firefox Help.

To set a larger zoom to be your default for all new sites you visit, you can use one of these add-ons:

Default FullZoom Level :: Add-ons for Firefox

NoSquint :: Add-ons for Firefox

Hope this helps.

You can maximize the Firefox window the same as you would with any other Windows application. However, many web pages have a pre-set width and won't expand to fill the browser. Perhaps the best solution for that is to use the Zoom feature to expand the page. When you zoom the page, Firefox will remember that new setting for the site. This article describes the shortcut keys and mouse procedures for zooming: [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Page%20Zoom#os=win&browser=fx4 Page Zoom | How to | Firefox Help]. To set a larger zoom to be your default for all ''new'' sites you visit, you can use one of these add-ons: [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/default-fullzoom-level/ Default FullZoom Level :: Add-ons for Firefox] [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nosquint/ NoSquint :: Add-ons for Firefox] Hope this helps.
Toby
Toby 3 solutions 19 answers
Posted

F11 is always useful on smaller screens.

F11 is always useful on smaller screens.