How do I get rid of the horrible popup that appears as soon as I start typing in the address bar?
After a recent Firefox upgrade, as soon as I start typing in the address bar, a blue bar pops up beneath it, and asks me if I want to search or visit a site. I DON"T WANT… (read more)
After a recent Firefox upgrade, as soon as I start typing in the address bar, a blue bar pops up beneath it, and asks me if I want to search or visit a site. I DON"T WANT IT! How do I turn it off? I already have (in Settings / Privacy and Security / Address Bar) everything unchecked. I don't want ANY suggestions, EVER! How do I get rid of this latest idiocy, and return to the behavior of previous versions?
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Why won't Firefox COMPLETELY block video autoplay?
After following all the suggestions found by searching video autoplay, Firefox currently still autoplays videos with the sound muted. This is in websites other than thos… (read more)
After following all the suggestions found by searching video autoplay, Firefox currently still autoplays videos with the sound muted. This is in websites other than those like YouTube, such as news websites and the like. What I REALLY want is to COMPLETELY PREVENT automatic playback of any of these videos, and if necessary, whitelist domains like YouTube to allow autoplay. Is this even feasible?
Why has FF stopped supporting Dashlane Password Manager?
I use Dashlane PW manager and since updating FF, FF states it can no longer verify this and has disabled it. I have used FF forever and this is not good. Is this a pe… (read more)
I use Dashlane PW manager and since updating FF, FF states it can no longer verify this and has disabled it.
I have used FF forever and this is not good.
Is this a permanent change or just an oversight? If this is permanent, I will get rid of FF before I get rid of Dashlane.
turn off automatic updates
Just want SIMPLE instruction on how to turn off auto updates.
How can I determine programatically if firefox is running with my extension installed. I need to do this from an OSX cocoa application.
I need to determine programatically if firefox started with a profile that has my extension installed. I need to do this from an OSX Cocoa application. Is there a way to… (read more)
I need to determine programatically if firefox started with a profile that has my extension installed. I need to do this from an OSX Cocoa application. Is there a way to determine the current profile being used by firefox? Or is there a way to determine if a particular extension is installed for the current profile?
DARK MODE I NEED DARK MODE NOTHING WORKS HELPPP
i need dark mode for firefox, no themes work, the built in dark theme option doesn't work, sure darkreader works for non-firefox websites but not for firefox protected we… (read more)
i need dark mode for firefox, no themes work, the built in dark theme option doesn't work, sure darkreader works for non-firefox websites but not for firefox protected websites and they're all light mode with no dark mode
i was gonna switch to firefox but if there is no darkmode i am not gonna use it
How to change toolbar button icon color in Library window?
Is there way to separate the icon color from the icons in the library window? i used #nav-bar .chromeclass-toolbar-additional, #nav-bar .webextension-browser-action, #… (read more)
Is there way to separate the icon color from the icons in the library window? i used
#nav-bar .chromeclass-toolbar-additional, #nav-bar .webextension-browser-action,
#reload-button, #stop-button, .toolbarbutton-icon {
fill: #ffffff !important;
}
but it also applied it in the library window.
Why do I need to redo my ADP settings every time I load FF?
Whenever I start or re-start my computer and then start FF, the ADP settings I had have been deleted and must be redone. That was not the case previously, but I can't pin… (read more)
Whenever I start or re-start my computer and then start FF, the ADP settings I had have been deleted and must be redone. That was not the case previously, but I can't pinpoint a time when it changed. I believe it's been several months.
How to remove the popup box, under the search field, from the default Firefox home page?
Please share how to remove the popup box, as you type, from the default Firefox search field? Please see attachment.
Disable hovertext/tooltips (e.g., image title attributes) when hovering over images
I would like to disable hovertext that is displayed when hovering the mouse cursor over an image that has TITLE attributes. I have tried about:config browser.chrome.tool… (read more)
I would like to disable hovertext that is displayed when hovering the mouse cursor over an image that has TITLE attributes. I have tried about:config browser.chrome.toolbar_tips;false but that did not change anything, image title attributes are still displayed when hovering over an image (e.g., XKCD). I also tried browser.overlink-delay;50000 which did affect links on the bottom lefthand corner of websites, but that still didn't specifically target image title attributes from displayed when being hovered over by the cursor.
My add ons become disabled every time I close the Firefox session
Every time I open Firefox all of my addons are disabled and I have to individually reenable them.
How to disable developer tools?
Hello, in order to harden our enviroment we need to avoid our users to open the developer tools, any of them. For example, I would like to disable the shorcuts to the dev… (read more)
Hello,
in order to harden our enviroment we need to avoid our users to open the developer tools, any of them. For example, I would like to disable the shorcuts to the developers tool without add-ons. We have achieved to hide the menu but whenever we press "F12", we can still access the functionality.
Thank you in advance.
On starting Firefox I get 2 homepages instead of one
I am using Firefox version 68.0.1 on my laptop with Ubuntu 18.04LTS. Browser is Google.uk Every time I start Firefox it gives two homepages instead of one. This means if … (read more)
I am using Firefox version 68.0.1 on my laptop with Ubuntu 18.04LTS. Browser is Google.uk Every time I start Firefox it gives two homepages instead of one. This means if I start typing something too quickly - some of the type goes on the first homepage and some on the second ! I find this very annoying.
Why is there a small "Mozilla Firefox" box in the top lefthand corner of my PC (WIN7) screen that mimics the page title, and how do I get rid of it ?
This just appeared within the last two days and it is annoying !!! I'm not a power user and nothing I have tried seems to have any effect. It sits above the menu bar and … (read more)
This just appeared within the last two days and it is annoying !!! I'm not a power user and nothing I have tried seems to have any effect. It sits above the menu bar and mimics whatever I type in the search bar.
Use POST requests for search engines in searchbar
Is there a way to use POST requests while searching something in the searchbar. For eg, DDG with post req enabled.
how do i change location settings
Having long been puzzled by what Firefox considers to be my location, I have tried to find out how to set or change it. I followed all leads that seemed promising. the mo… (read more)
Having long been puzzled by what Firefox considers to be my location, I have tried to find out how to set or change it. I followed all leads that seemed promising. the most direct lead was through the Menu (three bars in my PC-based Firefox). It does not contain the Settings option, nor any kind of 'More' option. I even used the about:config lead simply to find it is enabled. All I know is that Firefox holds a Location other than what I would want to to. But I simply cannot find a way to identify where its held; so I can change it.
Given how straight forward this need is I am puzzled on how hard it is to find out how to change it. Can someone help, other than by repeating the common instructions for using the Menu? I attach my list in case it helps.
Right click
After clicking RMB on any site, the tab opens the regular menu, but it does not close if you click LMB outside this menu. The same thing happens when you open the firefox… (read more)
After clicking RMB on any site, the tab opens the regular menu, but it does not close if you click LMB outside this menu. The same thing happens when you open the firefox menu, until you select an item or press ESC, it will not close. What could be the problem?
PS. image: I clicked RMB and click LMB outside this menu, but it does not disappear. It will disappear if you select a menu item or press ESC. The browser does not freeze, all the browser menus freeze.
modified cursor (white cross)
Hello, Since a couple of days my cursor on firefox is modifier and i can fixed him. It's like a white cross with point in the middle) (exit white arrow). Someone have a s… (read more)
Hello,
Since a couple of days my cursor on firefox is modifier and i can fixed him. It's like a white cross with point in the middle) (exit white arrow).
Someone have a solution ?
TY
Need help on reducing bookmarks line spacing
Hi, First of all, I would like to say that I am a Firefox user since 2007 (since we are in 2019, that's 12 years). I like it and I thank all the Firefox people that worke… (read more)
Hi,
First of all, I would like to say that I am a Firefox user since 2007 (since we are in 2019, that's 12 years). I like it and I thank all the Firefox people that worked on it.
However, about two weeks ago I have updated my system from Debian 8 to Debian 10; and with it came a new version of Firefox.
And I don't like the way this new Firefox version looks: - it's ugly - it has out of proportion line spacing in the bookmarks - it has out of proportion line spacing in the Preferences menus - it is much less visual appealing than previous versions
Nevertheless, under the hood, I don't doubt that it is more advanced and better.
I just think it's a wrong move from the people leading Firefox at the moment. Maybe they believe they have to follow the (stupid) trend that many other software houses are following: - non intuitive icons - poor use of colors - exagerated simplifying in icons design - minimalistic screen organization - menus with less options, forcing the users to edit configuration files
All this leads to the user having to "try and guess", trying to discover how things work. 20 or 10 years ago, the softwares weren't so advanced, but they were more organized and with better menus. Today, if seems the need is to build something beautiful. But that beauty soon loses it charm after 5 minutes of interaction.
This is the sensation I get from interacting with Firefox nowadays. And it extends to the support forum, with lack of tast in the design, colors, etc. Too many steps back, in my opinion.
Using Firefox now is not as good an experience like it was some years ago. We need something that works, that has good menus, that we like to see. And not being forced to like something that others think it's the present trend. Firefox is used for the internet, so it needs to be a very good tool. Stop fooling around with it, please.
Also, when I try to solve this problem using themes, I'm stumped because I find some many themes. But the problem is that they are poor quality themes. Much quantity, but poor quality. And the search function, is horrible to say the least.
Besides, I don't understand that Firefox now calls themes to simply adding an image to the menu bar. Is that really a theme? Is this really a good service? I don't think so. I think this is dumb. And steers users away.
I don't care for flowers or manga characters in my menu bar. I just want well designed folder icons and line spacing that makes sense.
Why doesn't Firefox gives the user the choice of using the previous themes? Aren't we in 2019? Something like: Menu - Tools - Themes: - Firefox 55 theme - Firefox 56 theme - Firefox 57 theme [..] - Firefox xx theme
Can you imagine how many hours are you wasting from your millions of users that use Firefox to work and would benefit of something like this?
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Having said this, now I present my goal with this post: I would like to know: - how can I reduce bookmarks line spacing?
I use Firefox to work everyday. I need it to be functional. I have thousands of bookmarks and I have organized them so they fit my screen.
Right now, I am losing much time scrolling up and down within my bookmark folders, because this new version of Firefox has a bigger line spacing than the version I used before.
Please see the attached picture.
Thank you.
Firefox is my default browser but win10 search still results in MSExplorer opening with Bing results.
I don't like MSExplorer or Bing. I've set Firefox Quantum 66.0.2 (64bit) as my default browser with search results from Google. When I type a search in the 'Type here to … (read more)
I don't like MSExplorer or Bing. I've set Firefox Quantum 66.0.2 (64bit) as my default browser with search results from Google.
When I type a search in the 'Type here to search' window, MS Explorer opens with a Bing search result.
How do I get the thing to stop opening Explorer and simply open FF?
And again, Firefox is absolutely set as my default (menu/options/'smiley' Firefox is currently your default browser)