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Firefox pdf viewer too slow

Firefox 131.0.1 Android When i use the FF pdf viewer its very slow . When I zoom in ot out it goes blank for a couple minutes and then the content slowly appears. it is … (read more)

Firefox 131.0.1 Android

When i use the FF pdf viewer its very slow . When I zoom in ot out it goes blank for a couple minutes and then the content slowly appears. it is so slow it's unusable .

Phone is an honor x6

Asked by GardenSurfer 1 month ago

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Missing navigation/toolbar in Firefox Android.

Hi, my firefox appears to be missing its navigation/toolbar. I only have a single bottom bar for the address bar, home, tab and the three dots. I would like to have the b… (read more)

Hi, my firefox appears to be missing its navigation/toolbar. I only have a single bottom bar for the address bar, home, tab and the three dots. I would like to have the back, forward button, bookmarks to be pinned on the toolbar area. I try to use the Secret Setting but it does not have the option to enable toolbar. I have included two screenshots, the orange circle depicting my current situation. I would like to have something similar to the toolbar (Samsung Internet Browser) in the other screenshot with teal circle.

Asked by dsfgoh 8 months ago

Answered by jonzn4SUSE 8 months ago

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high battery background usage

Hello, Long time user and lover. Never had any problems with your great browser. This past week, on my phone, Firefox has been flagged "high battery background usage" an… (read more)

Hello, Long time user and lover. Never had any problems with your great browser. This past week, on my phone, Firefox has been flagged "high battery background usage" and is continuously trying to put app to deep sleep. What has happened? How do I stop this? Any help or suggestions would greatly be appreciated Thanks Scott

Asked by moorescott65 8 months ago

Last reply by radiotrefoil 3 months ago

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Unable to log into Google accounts from Firefox

Hello, Sorry to disturb but its been two days and I am unable to access my Google accounts (work and private) through Firefox in anyway. I have done all the basic fixes I… (read more)

Hello, Sorry to disturb but its been two days and I am unable to access my Google accounts (work and private) through Firefox in anyway. I have done all the basic fixes I can think of but with no success. I have deleted caches, checked plug ins, rebooted Firefox went through the trouble shooting mode, followed advice in the community forum, tried logging in from Google linked accounts. Spoke to our internal IT support at work but nothing has solved the issue as yet, spoke to Google support.

My assumption is that it has to be the browser as I am able to log into google with another browser but Firefox is my preferred browser and would like to use it again as such.

Please advise.

Thank you Cait

Asked by Cait Ferguson 8 months ago

Answered by Paul 8 months ago

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Is there any Add-on that will shoot a scrolling screenshot (full page screenshot)?

Is there any Add-on that will shoot a scrolling screenshot (full page screenshot)? For reference, there's an excellent extension on Chrome/Brave called "Go full screen" … (read more)

Is there any Add-on that will shoot a scrolling screenshot (full page screenshot)?

For reference, there's an excellent extension on Chrome/Brave called "Go full screen" which has simple but perfect functionality, one-click automation, saves as either .pdf or .png format to your downloads folder.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/gofullpage-full-page-scre/fdpohaocaechififmbbbbbknoalclacl?hl=en-US

Asked by Quicksite 7 months ago

Answered by Quicksite 7 months ago

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Find in page auto collapse for no reason while typing on some website

Hello On some website (example : https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Commands/ ) the "find in page" search field will just vanish in the middle of typing or while press… (read more)

Hello

On some website (example : https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Commands/ ) the "find in page" search field will just vanish in the middle of typing or while pressing the up/down arrow to go through findings.


Firefox version : 131.0.3

Asked by Courgette 8 months ago

Last reply by JOEY61 3 months ago

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Firefox freezes whole computer, can only do hard shutdown and restart

Windows 11 FF 131.0.3 64-bit This has been an intermittent problem since the update before this one. The screen freezes and nothing works, no mouse, no keypad, nothing.… (read more)

Windows 11 FF 131.0.3 64-bit

This has been an intermittent problem since the update before this one. The screen freezes and nothing works, no mouse, no keypad, nothing. Ctrl-Alt-Delete doesn't even work. There is no way to shut it down except the power button. It happens at different times, and doesn't seen to have one trigger. I've run troubleshooter, but no change.

It was happening in the previous update, but it seems worse in this one. I asked about this on Reddit a few weeks ago, and someone else said he was having the same problem.

Asked by D A 8 months ago

Last reply by Dan 3 months ago

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pages not loading in browser

I keep getting a message on screen saying "page refuses to load"; I don't know if it's a problem with the search engine or the browser (I have been using DuckDuckGo as my… (read more)

I keep getting a message on screen saying "page refuses to load"; I don't know if it's a problem with the search engine or the browser (I have been using DuckDuckGo as my search engine recently). I haven't used Firefox for years now, and have never used it on my own device so I'm still getting to know it.

Asked by cpaulbettridge 7 months ago

Answered by jonzn4SUSE 7 months ago

Change the Keyboard Shortcut for Bookmarks Library back to Ctrl-Shift-B

Hi there, Is there a way to change the keyboard shortcut for the Bookmarks Library back to Ctrl-Shift-B? I tried the old solution offered here (config.js / config-prefs… (read more)

Hi there,

Is there a way to change the keyboard shortcut for the Bookmarks Library back to Ctrl-Shift-B?

I tried the old solution offered here (config.js / config-prefs.js), but it no longer seems to work in FF 131: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1318541

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

Asked by Slouch 4 months ago

Last reply by markwarner22 4 months ago

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Why does Firefox eat up over half of my system memory?

My system memory is reading at 57% right now in task manager, that the vast majority of that is being used by Firefox. Why? Normally, this would be called a flaw in the… (read more)

My system memory is reading at 57% right now in task manager, that the vast majority of that is being used by Firefox.

Why?

Normally, this would be called a flaw in the program, not the user, as all I have done in regards to settings is "keep tabs previous open when re-opening Firefox" and "Do not automatically update" because Firefox took it upon itself to not re-open my previous tabs on the last update.

Why is this program eating up all of that memory? I have "Firefox (15)" in Task manager under "Apps" and then 13 more instances of Firefox in "Backround Processes"

Wtf?

Asked by grandmastertkoe 6 months ago

Answered by grandmastertkoe 6 months ago

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Stored words disappearing!

One of the things I heavily rely on with FireFox is it storing words I type in reply boxes on various forums. Lately however, Firefox only seems to keep them for several … (read more)

One of the things I heavily rely on with FireFox is it storing words I type in reply boxes on various forums. Lately however, Firefox only seems to keep them for several hours, then they disappear. For example, I can type in "K Frame." (See image attached) The next time I go to use that field again, that text will automatically appear. And it may continue to do so for several hours, even if I close out Firefox and return later, but eventually, within 24 hours, it will disappear and I will have to retype it again the nest time I want to use that phrase. FireFox used to hold these words or phrases forever.

Any suggestions????? Both my Windows 11 and Firefox are up to date.

Asked by tstr14 7 months ago

Last reply by tstr14 4 months ago

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Webpage reloads when switching apps

When switching to another app from Firefox and then switching back to firefox, the webpage reloads. This is not a memory issue, I have enough RAM and it happens even if I… (read more)

When switching to another app from Firefox and then switching back to firefox, the webpage reloads. This is not a memory issue, I have enough RAM and it happens even if I only have 1 tab open. This is a major pain when I need to enter a 2FA code and need to swith apps to get the code. Or if I'm watching a YouTube video and get a call, the youtuve page reloads after the call has ended. Please suggest how to fix this.

Asked by prakhar18032000 7 months ago

Last reply by Carlos 5 months ago

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Everytime I hit "login" on a google site, it redirects me to a page about clearing cookies/cache

I have no way to log in to my google accounts right now. On any google site, if I hit log-in it redirects me to this page: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32… (read more)

I have no way to log in to my google accounts right now. On any google site, if I hit log-in it redirects me to this page:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?hl=en

I've tried clearing my cache and cookies. My firefox browser is up to date. I tried disabling ad blocker and cookie auto-delete. Javascript is enabled and I even tried turning on that feature that prevents page redirects. I'm truly at a loss for what to do.

Asked by sarapurdue 8 months ago

Last reply by stavos30 6 months ago

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disabling "Firefox suggests" URLs - Android

How can I remove "Firefox suggests" URLs from the address/search bar on Android? I found the help article "Firefox Suggest for Mobile" (last updated 4/22/24) but when I f… (read more)

How can I remove "Firefox suggests" URLs from the address/search bar on Android? I found the help article "Firefox Suggest for Mobile" (last updated 4/22/24) but when I follow its directions, I only see the first 3 toggleable options. "Suggestions from Firefox" and "Suggestions from sponsors" don't appear at all. The suggested URLs are frequently sites I have never been to and never want to go to, and their appearance is extremely irritating. Attached is a screenshot of the settings page as it appears to me, with only 3 options.

Asked by inkedphoenix 7 months ago

Last reply by Karen Guy 6 months ago

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How to change main domain is not automatically shown in the search of Firefox browser in 2025 but the desired URL?

How to change main domain is not automatically shown in the search of Firefox browser but the desired URL? I have always typed "https://www.youtube.com/feed/you" in the … (read more)

How to change main domain is not automatically shown in the search of Firefox browser but the desired URL?

I have always typed "https://www.youtube.com/feed/you" in the URL bar both in firefox desktop and mobile and other Gecko-based browsers such as Zen, Floorp, Midori, Iceraven, Waterfox, Librewolf but dont know why it always shows up "https://www.youtube.com" as soon as I type "y".

I have not seen same behaviour in Chrome or Chromium-based browsers such as Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, as Chrome knows if I have visited "youtube domain" several times but not through "https://www.youtube.com/" but through "https://www.youtube.com/feed/you", then it shows me the latter, thus helps me in avoiding my few seconds of this bug or inconsistency.

Not limited to "https://www.youtube.com/" but to every other site such as Google.com or social media like Instagram, where I don't visit the homepage but my saved bookmarks page.

Can anybody clarify on this, if this is a bug or a gifted feature by Firefox devs?

And can we change this as this causes issues esp., for working people (I have recently shifted my Chrome data to a new Firefox profile so this is causing issues in working after MV3 drama) who visited direct URL not the one given or promoted or shown by browser. I dont like this and want to change it as it doesn't help me in anyways.

The most unfortunate thing is that we cannot cancel or reject or cut it out like Chrome does with "X" in the URL bar when it detects something which we dont know it to proceed with but Firefox, nah.

The biggest benefit is that it saves your time, helps you focus and avoid you waste your time, if the site has too many things to distract you from actual work. Like YouTube has great courses and podcast interviews and I have saved them and want to direct go there (https://www.youtube.com/feed/you), then I am saved from going to main page which has unwanted videos that will only take my time, losing my productivity. Is Firefox not concerned about our productivity, is Chrome only cares?

Do check 3 screenshots attached for better understanding, the 3rd one is from chrome.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/how-to-change-main-domain-is-not-automatically-shown-in-the/td-p/74907

Asked by Varnit Nigam 8 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 7 months ago