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How to stop firefox from forcing a new tab for "new" web pages?

Apologies if this is a bit limited, during typing it I ran into the issue I'm about to describe which navigated me away from this page and lost all the progress of my pos… (read more)

Apologies if this is a bit limited, during typing it I ran into the issue I'm about to describe which navigated me away from this page and lost all the progress of my post as I was wrapping up :')

The issue I'm having right now is Firefox forcibly opening pages it thinks are a new site in new tabs, despite the site itself not requesting new tabs or windows. Specifically this is happening with sites between different "iterations" of itself while still being the same and having fully integrated layouts and UI.

For example: Most pages on the site have an update "https://www1" prefix, but some pages have the old "https://" only. Firefox keeps opening new tabs when navigating between these different pages despite them being the same website. I know the pages themselves are not sending new tab requests because this doesn't happen in Chrome.

So far, my "solution" has been to go through about:config to adjust the browser.link.open_newwindow value to 1 instead of 3, which forces all links to stay within the same window. This unfortunately causes a whole host of other issues though.

Because its an override, it also means any links opened from an external program (like discord) forcibly open in the last active tab, navigating away from the page. This is obnoxious and annoying in and of itself because it means to save the tabs I already have open I need to manually open a new tab in FF before clicking any link, which I never remember to do. (Goodbye post progress (': )

If that weren't bad enough, when trying to hit the back button to get to the previous page FF ends up in some sort of weird redirection loop "between" pages, where the last page will disappear but FF won't navigate to the link it was trying to open either, so its just a blank infinitely loading page with the URL of the link that was opened. The only way to stop this from happening is to navigate back 2 pages, losing the current page, before it starts the redirect loop. If the loop starts before this happens, the tab locks up and needs to be hard-refreshed with f5 or completely closed due to the weird lag it causes.

Literally all I want Firefox to do here is not assume a new tab needs to be opened just because the URL "seems" different to it. Is there ANY way to get this behavior?

Asked by 7 1 year ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Outlook Live Not Working Properly In Firefox

About 3 weeks or so ago I started to have problems using Firefox to open my windows.live.com emails. I can open windows live (it is slow) and all my emails show but if I … (read more)

About 3 weeks or so ago I started to have problems using Firefox to open my windows.live.com emails. I can open windows live (it is slow) and all my emails show but if I try to open an inbox email or even a junk email, Firefox tries for a minute or more the gives up and doesn't open the email. I have tried to re-fresh Firefox but that doesn't change anything.

If I use Google Chrome everything works fine.

I am using a Lenovo ThinkPad running Windows 10 Home, Version 20H2

Thanks - pj

Asked by phj.travel 1 year ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Kaspersky Password Manager Extension

Hi - I have been using Kaspersky Password Manager for many months, and it has great autofill capability for many browsers. It has been working great with Firefox, but as … (read more)

Hi - I have been using Kaspersky Password Manager for many months, and it has great autofill capability for many browsers. It has been working great with Firefox, but as of a month or 2 ago... it suddenly stopped working. I checked my extensions and it's no longer there. When I search for Kaspersky extensions... I don't see it anymore. Only "Kaspersky Protection", etc. Does anybody know if the extension isn't available for the current Windows version of Firefox? Of COURSE it works great in the (C-Word... CHROME!) Yuk. Thanks.

Asked by bmaddock24 1 year ago

Answered by TyDraniu 1 year ago

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QuotaExceededError: The quota has been exceeded

Quota has been exceeded i get this error frequently while using freshdesk in Mozilla Firefox every time I have to clear cookie and cache and restart Firefox also tried … (read more)

Quota has been exceeded i get this error frequently while using freshdesk in Mozilla Firefox

every time I have to clear cookie and cache and restart Firefox

also tried updating Firefox

I'm using since more than 2years but this issue is since last 2 months only

Please help

Asked by Maddy 1 year ago

Answered by TyDraniu 1 year ago

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Problem with Downloads

I am having problems with doing downloads of any files from any website using Firefox. Every time, when I try to do a download, I get an error that the download failed. … (read more)

I am having problems with doing downloads of any files from any website using Firefox. Every time, when I try to do a download, I get an error that the download failed. I am running Firefox 98.0.2 on a Windows 10 laptop. If I use Microsoft Edge, the download is successful. Any help would be appreciated.

Carol

Asked by Carol5 1 year ago

Answered by Carol5 1 year ago

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Is Firefox being phased out as a browser?

I have just seen a clip on Youtube that concerns me. Is Firefox being phased out as a browser? I hope not. I have been using it for years and it is great. Please let me k… (read more)

I have just seen a clip on Youtube that concerns me. Is Firefox being phased out as a browser? I hope not. I have been using it for years and it is great. Please let me know. Many thanks Anthony

Asked by avwood 11 months ago

Answered by James 11 months ago

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Firefox icon gone from taskbar and desktop and I can't get it back

As the subject says. I can still search for the firefox app and open it that way or I can start it from the START page that comes up when I hit the windows key on the key… (read more)

As the subject says. I can still search for the firefox app and open it that way or I can start it from the START page that comes up when I hit the windows key on the keyboard. But I am not allowed to drag and drop it onto the taskbar as it says it's already there. It's sorta there I guess because FF is open right now while I type this and this open tab is indicated on the taskbar. If I were to close the FF window there would be no FF logo on the taskbar.

Right clicking the firefox app in the start list that comes up when I left click on the windows icon in the lower left or hit the windows key on my keypad gives me options to unpin FF from the start page or unpin it from the taskbar. I don't want to do that.

I did something to mess this up and I can't fix it. I want the FF logo back on my taskbar so when I power up the machine I can click on the logo in the taskbar to get to the browser with all my previously open tabs back.

The latest Windows 10 a Lenovo yoga laptop if it matters.

Thanks

Asked by buythiscanoe 1 year ago

Answered by Scribe 1 year ago

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XULRunner: Error: Platform version '95.0.1' is not compatible with minVersion >= 95.0 maxVersion <= 95.0

Hello. I have two profiles, for separating work and personal tabs/bookmarks/etc. I wanted to update Firefox from 95.0 to 95.0.1 but in both profiles I saw "Firefox is be… (read more)

Hello.

I have two profiles, for separating work and personal tabs/bookmarks/etc. I wanted to update Firefox from 95.0 to 95.0.1 but in both profiles I saw "Firefox is being updated by another instance" in the About Firefox dialog when both were running. So I closed one of them and the other offered me the usual button to update immediately. I did it, restarted that Firefox instance/profile, which restarted normally, but now the second one does not open. Instead, I get the error transcribed above in the subject (see attached screenshot).

So my question is: please, how do I regain access to my second profile without losing that profile's data?

Asked by a.r 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Can't use Firefox to access my bank account

For the first time after 10 years, I can no longer access my PNC bank account using Firefox V84.0.2. This problem started just this Sunday Jan 24, 2021. I am using AVG a… (read more)

For the first time after 10 years, I can no longer access my PNC bank account using Firefox V84.0.2. This problem started just this Sunday Jan 24, 2021. I am using AVG and the Defender firewall. When I try to enter my account PNC tells me that it cannot find the code and tells me to use another browser like Chrome or Internet Explorer which I don't want to do. PNC tell me to contact Firefox as, "It is not their problem." But so far I have found nothing in Firefox to solve the issue whatever is causing it. I need help as I would rather not change browsers.

I have restarted my PC, checked and restarted AVG, checked the troubleshooting program, and reinstalled Firefox, but nothing seems to correct the problem. So where do I go from here?

Asked by Warp on Fire 2 years ago

Answered by FredMcD 2 years ago

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Embedded youtube videos not playing, An error occurred. Please try again later. Youtube layout issues

Hi, first of thanks for reading and possibly responding. The issue I am having has been going on for a few days. In websites where youtube video's are embedded if I try … (read more)

Hi, first of thanks for reading and possibly responding.

The issue I am having has been going on for a few days. In websites where youtube video's are embedded if I try and play the video on the said site it will load and display an error message An error occurred. Please try again later. If I visit the video on youtube, link provided in the video itself, then it plays just fine. Error is not restricted to one site but anything that embeds youtube videos.

I have also come across some strange youtube.com issues, when I am on the main website you get the thumbnails of video's but no time duration are displayed in the thumbnail, neither are the 3 dots where you can have one of the videos removed (not a big deal and maybe this was implemented a while ago I don't know tbh). When I play a video, as in visit the video page on youtube the side bar videos sometimes do and sometimes don't display time duration.

Please check attached image to see what I mean. Left is without said timecodes, right is what it almost should be.

What addons do I use: Ublock Origin is the only one worth noting but even without it the weird thing still occurs. I don't use any plug ins that correspond with youtube.

I am using the latest Firefox on Windows 10.

Things I have tried thus far to resolve it: - make sure Firefox is up to date - try with and without addblocker (Ublock) - remove Adobe flash entirely - refresh Firefox and clear all data and cookies 9tried this I think 3 times now, no change) - looked through older posts with similar issues but most links regarding html5 on youtube were 404 and sometimes the solution stated things like 'cause by some video helped addon' which I do not use or updating Flash

Am I the only one with this issue?

Asked by WaffleToaster 2 years ago

Answered by WaffleToaster 2 years ago

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my headset stopped working with Firefox, but ok with Chrome

Suddendly the audio stopped coming from my headset, so I thought it was a problem with the headset itself, but then it works flawlessly with Chrome. How/where can I solve… (read more)

Suddendly the audio stopped coming from my headset, so I thought it was a problem with the headset itself, but then it works flawlessly with Chrome. How/where can I solve this problem? I hear the audio on my computer and not on the headset, but only if I use Firefox.

Asked by PaulaDesk 2 years ago

Answered by mutasim.haleem 2 years ago

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Firefox fails to download any file, download immediately fails.

Hello Whenever I start a download, it immediately crashes, no matter what you do all downloads fail. Tried solutions that didn't work: refresh ff, delete profiles, … (read more)

Hello Whenever I start a download, it immediately crashes, no matter what you do all downloads fail. Tried solutions that didn't work:

  • refresh ff,
  • delete profiles,
  • uninstall + reinstall.

Asked by JFM02FFP2NR 1 year ago

Answered by JFM02FFP2NR 1 year ago

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[Firefox 96] My userContent.css and userChrome.css Codes isn't Being Applied Anymore

Until yesterday everything I customized for Firefox 89 in June of 2021 and FF 91 in August of 2021 was working fine. Today I updated to Firefox 96.0 and when I open my F… (read more)

Until yesterday everything I customized for Firefox 89 in June of 2021 and FF 91 in August of 2021 was working fine.

Today I updated to Firefox 96.0 and when I open my Firefox returned to that old visual that I hated

tabs with spaces , but that's not the worst. The worst is the newTab visual that came back to the small and ugly bookmarks of the page we usually navigate. That are set on userContent.css I remember.

I checked some vars at about:config and everything is as it was.

So do I need to set true or false any new var there? These .css files are like they was never read. It looks like to me there is a new var, we need to change it.

What did happen?

  • my userChrome.css file content below:
/* Begin - Smart Bookmarks Bar CSS Imports */
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/global/base.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/global/mouseover-on.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/global/hideFoldersNames-on.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/global/hideNoFaviconNames-on.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/global/spacing-0.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/global/autohideBar-off.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/themes/firefoxDefault.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/themes/firefoxDefault_mouseover-on.css");
@import url("chrome://smartbookmarksbar/skin/themes/firefoxDefault_mouseover-on_hideNoFaviconNames-on.css");
/* End - Smart Bookmarks Bar CSS Imports */

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");



/*** BEGIN Firefox 77 (June 2, 2020) Override URL bar enlargement ***/

  /* Compute new position, width, and padding */

  #urlbar[breakout][breakout-extend] {
    top: 5px !important;
    left: 0px !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    padding: 0px !important;
  }
  /* for alternate Density settings */
  [uidensity="compact"] #urlbar[breakout][breakout-extend] {
    top: 3px !important;
  }
  [uidensity="touch"] #urlbar[breakout][breakout-extend] {
    top: 4px !important;
  }

  /* Prevent shift of URL bar contents */

  #urlbar[breakout][breakout-extend] > #urlbar-input-container {
    height: var(--urlbar-height) !important;
    padding: 0 !important;
  }

  /* Do not animate */

  #urlbar[breakout][breakout-extend] > #urlbar-background {
    animation: none !important;;
  }

  /* Remove shadows */

  #urlbar[breakout][breakout-extend] > #urlbar-background {
    box-shadow: none !important;
  }

/*** END Firefox 77 (June 2, 2020) Override URL bar enlargement ***/


/*** BEGIN Firefox 89 (June 2, 2021) ***/


/* https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix */

@media (-moz-proton) {

  /* Toolbar Height */
  #TabsToolbar
  .toolbar-items, .tabbrowser-tab,
  .titlebar-buttonbox-container {
    max-height: 34px !important;
  }

  :root[uidensity=compact] #TabsToolbar,
  :root[uidensity=compact] .toolbar-items, .tabbrowser-tab
  :root[uidensity=compact] .titlebar-buttonbox-container {
    max-height: 30px !important;
  }
  :root[uidensity=touch] #TabsToolbar,
  :root[uidensity=touch] .toolbar-items, .tabbrowser-tab
  :root[uidensity=touch] .titlebar-buttonbox-container {
    max-height: 42px !important;
  }

  
}  
  

/*** END Firefox 89 (June 2, 2020) ***/

/*** BEGIN Firefox 91 (August, 2021) ***/
/*** Tighten up drop-down/context/popup menu spacing ***/

menupopup > menuitem, menupopup > menu {
  padding-block: 3px !important;
}
:root {
  --arrowpanel-menuitem-padding: 4px 8px !important;
}


/*** END Firefox 91 (August, 2021) ***/


  • and my userContent.css file content below:
/*AGENT_SHEET*/

/* Firefox 57+ userChrome.css tweaks ************************************************************/
/* code mostly taken from 'Classic Theme Restorer' & 'Classic Toolbar Buttons' add-ons **********/
/* by Aris (aris-addons@gmx.net)*****************************************************************/
/* Github: https://github.com/aris-t2/customcssforfx ********************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/

/*************************************************************************************************

  ENABLING options: remove the combination of / and * before @import
  DISABLING options: add the combination of / and * before @import
  
  Some @import features might not work properly on macOS and Linux -> Firefox bug
  
  CSS tweaks won't work, if @namespace references are used inside .css files!

*************************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************************/
/* about:addons *********************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/

/* NOTE: 'Version number for add-ons' will stop working soon, because Mozilla is going ***********
		 to drop XBL support: see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397874 **********/

/* version number for add-ons *******************************************************************/
@import url(./css/aboutaddons/addonlists_show_addon_version_number.css); /**/

/* addons page appearance - only use one at a time **********************************************/
@import url(./css/aboutaddons/addons_manager_alternative_appearance.css); /**/
/* @import url(./css/aboutaddons/addons_manager_alternative_appearance_aero.css); /**/	/* <-- AERO colors */

/* compact item lists - only use one at a time **************************************************/
/* @import url(./css/aboutaddons/addonlists_compact.css); /**/
/* @import url(./css/aboutaddons/addonlists_compact_more_compact.css); /**/

/* other settings *******************************************************************************/
/* @import url(./css/aboutaddons/addonlists_only_show_buttons_on_hover.css); /**/
/* @import url(./css/aboutaddons/addonlists_replace_button_labels_with_icons.css); /**/
@import url(./css/aboutaddons/description_page_alternative_content_order.css); /**/
@import url(./css/aboutaddons/recentupdates_category_always_visible.css); /**/
/* @import url(./css/aboutaddons/search_category_always_visible.css); /**/


/************************************************************************************************/
/* about:preferences ****************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/

/* preferences page appearance - only use one at a time *****************************************/
@import url(./css/aboutpreferences/preferences_alternative_appearance.css); /**/
/* @import url(./css/aboutpreferences/preferences_alternative_appearance_aero.css); /**/	/* <-- AERO colors */
/* @import url(./css/aboutpreferences/preferences_alternative_appearance_v2.css); /**/


/************************************************************************************************/
/* about:newtab / about:home ********************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/

/* @import url(./css/aboutnewtab/dark_appearance.css); /**/
@media (-moz-proton) {
  @-moz-document url("about:home"), url("about:newtab") {
    /** Activity Stream - Search Focus Border: like URL ***********************/
    /* At DarkMode, Color */
    body[style*="--newtab-background-color:rgba(28, 27, 34, 1);"],
    body[style*="--newtab-background-color:rgba(42, 42, 46, 1);"] {
      /* inner */
      --newtab-focus-border: rgba(0, 221, 255, 0.5) !important; /* Original: #B5D3FF, Better color-mix(in srgb, #B5D3FF 70%, transparent) */
      --newtab-focus-border-selected: rgba(0, 221, 255, 0.5) !important; /* Original: #B5D3FF */
    }

    /** Activity Stream - Web Site Icon: full size ****************************/
    /* Remove Firefox Logo on new Tabs
    div.logo-and-wordmark {
      display:none !important;
    }
    */
    .tile {
      width: 100px !important;
      height: 100px !important;
    }
    .top-site-icon .rich-icon {
      width: 100px !important;
      height: 100px !important;
    }
    .top-site-outer .tile .icon-wrapper {
      width: 100px !important;
      height: 100px !important;
    }
  }
}



/************************************************************************************************/
/* WEB CONTENT **********************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/

/* top level image on white background (can sometimes cause glitches) - only use one at a time **/
/* @import url(./css/webcontent/toplevel_image_classic_v1.css); /**/
/* @import url(./css/webcontent/toplevel_image_classic_v2.css); /**/


/************************************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/

Thanks in advance.

Asked by Marcelo 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Dashlane extension not found to download on Firefox.

Dashlane Password Manager has been working as an extension on Firefox on my Acer Aspire E5-571 laptop, but for an unknown reason it has disappeared from my toolbar. When … (read more)

Dashlane Password Manager has been working as an extension on Firefox on my Acer Aspire E5-571 laptop, but for an unknown reason it has disappeared from my toolbar. When searching for 'Dashlane' on the Firefox browser to install the extension on my browser, nothing relating to 'Dashlane' can be foound.

Asked by John Wheal-Jones 2 years ago

Answered by TyDraniu 2 years ago

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How to disable dark mode!?

Hi! This will sound like an odd question, given that everybody seems to search for the opposite - but how could I DISABLE dark-mode in FF95.00? I have my whole OS in da… (read more)

Hi! This will sound like an odd question, given that everybody seems to search for the opposite - but how could I DISABLE dark-mode in FF95.00?

I have my whole OS in dark-mode the whole time because of looks. I also installed a dark-mode theme on FF. Because of looks. But after the latest updates, FF decided to present a bunch of my favourite websites in dark-mode, too. Even at daytime - where I use my Computer.

Affected websites are, for example such "unknown" websites like "twitter.com", "spiegel.de" or even "facebook.com". It seems like they use some kind of a flag or token, which decides to use darkmode or not. How do I re-enable the light-mode (is this even a word?), not dependent of my windows / FF settings? Is there an add-on?

Asked by marcus.wiedner 1 year ago

Answered by Terry 1 year ago

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Restore recently closed tab shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+T) not working

Dear Mozilla/Firefox, I've been using Firefox over the last couple of months/years but I just can't get the restore recently closed tab shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+T) to work o… (read more)

Dear Mozilla/Firefox,

I've been using Firefox over the last couple of months/years but I just can't get the restore recently closed tab shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+T) to work on my windows PC.

Here's a (Loom) recording of me showing that Firefox does correctly track the history of closed tabs and that I can click on them to restore but the shortcut (which is also mentioned as CTRL+SHIFT+T) just won't work: https://www.loom.com/share/7048894683654dccb4926aa4dd09e6a6

What I've tried so far: - Check if the history is actively collected - No I'm not using private browsing - I've read another support thread to check "about:config" and in there check that "browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo" is set (in my case it's the default 25) - Disabling all extensions (which I don't think are any suspicious or weird ones but disabled just to check - see attached image) - Resetting Firefox through the windows uninstaller - Fully uninstalling (using Revo Uninstaller with advanced check) and reinstalling Firefox

Please help me because I'm about to quit Firefox for such often used feature just not working...

P.S. it's working perfectly on my Macbook and I'm running the latest 96.0.1 64bit version

Asked by Rick Goemans 1 year ago

Answered by Rick Goemans 1 year ago

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Import Extensions from Chrome

Anyone know if there is a way to import Google Chrome extensions into Firefox. I am moving over and want to make it easy. When I search all I get is bookmarks which I kno… (read more)

Anyone know if there is a way to import Google Chrome extensions into Firefox. I am moving over and want to make it easy. When I search all I get is bookmarks which I know how to do.

TIA!

Ron

Asked by Ron 1 year ago

Answered by TyDraniu 1 year ago