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Steps in Page zoom (scaling)

Previously, I made a custom scale ".3,.5,.6,.7, .71, .72, .73, .74, .75, .76, .77,.78,.79, .8,.9,1," and thus using Ctrl + the mouse wheel allowed you to set any scale in… (read more)

Previously, I made a custom scale ".3,.5,.6,.7, .71, .72, .73, .74, .75, .76, .77,.78,.79, .8,.9,1," and thus using Ctrl + the mouse wheel allowed you to set any scale in this way, since when "Ctrl + mouse wheel" the page was scaled by 10% regardless of the values. That is, I could set 74% and use Ctrl + mouse wheel to make the page scale 64% or 84%, even without the available value. Now I can't do this because now my "Ctrl + mouse wheel" doesn't increase/decrease 10%, but just scrolls through the set values. How to get everything back? It's very annoying, I can't use it.

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Firefox Browser appearance

Firefox issues signing into sites via my Google account.

Hi whenever I use my Google account to sign into websites (Google, ebay, YouTube, & anyother sites,) Firefox will become unresponsive, the window containing the tab … (read more)

Hi whenever I use my Google account to sign into websites (Google, ebay, YouTube, & anyother sites,) Firefox will become unresponsive, the window containing the tab i was using becomes unresponsive, sort of. - I can't click any open Firefox Tabs, - the red 'Close' radio button is greyed-out, so I can't close any tabs or the window - right-click is unresponsive, so i can't close tabs that way, but Command-W closes the tabs normally, but the others are still unresponsive.

- i can open a new Firefox window (with &/or without Tabs,) which works normally.

- & unrelated, but earlier, Firefox was running really slowly, Youtube videos were slowed down, but audio was normal, and scrolling was slow.

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Firefox App responsiveness

Existing Firefox windows not visible

Firefox has "Open previous windows and tabs" ticked in Settings. I had to force restart MacOS, and upon starting Firefox again my existing windows are invisible. They are… (read more)

Firefox has "Open previous windows and tabs" ticked in Settings. I had to force restart MacOS, and upon starting Firefox again my existing windows are invisible. They are shown in the Window menu and when right-clicking the Firefox icon in the MacOS dock, however when I select one of the windows it does not become visible. Command+` does not show the windows either.

I can however open new windows.

I tried renaming xulstore.json per this old article with no effect.

How can I make the existing windows visible again?

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Firefox Performance and connectivity

Template literal not resolving as expected

I have a directory structure C: Gustafson Website ⋮ scripts global.js ⋮ ⋮ TestDirector… (read more)

I have a directory structure

C: 

   Gustafson
       Website
           ⋮
           scripts
               global.js
               ⋮
           ⋮
           TestDirectory
               baseUrl_test.html
           ⋮

In the <head> of a webpage, I determine a baseUrl for the page using the following: 

 <script>
   // assumes website topmost directory is "Website""
   ( async ( ) => {
     const segments = document.documentURI.split ( "/");
     const index = segments.findIndex ( element => 
                                        element == "Website" );
     if ( index < 0 )
       {
       throw new TypeError ( 
                 "Website structure not constructed correctly" );
       }
     segments.length = index + 1;
     let path = segments.join ( "/" );
     path += "/";
     window.baseUrl = path;
     console.log(`${baseUrl}`);
     } ) ( );
 </script>

The console log displays

file:///C:/Gustafson/Website/

In the body is 

 <script>
   console.log ( `${baseUrl}scripts/global.js` );
 </script>
 <script src=`${baseUrl}scripts/global.js`></script>
 <script>
 window.onload = 
   function ( )
     {
     Global.initialize_globals ( );
     };
 </script>

The console log displays

file:///C:/Gustafson/Website/scripts/global.js Loading failed for the <script> with source “file:///C:/Gustafson/Website/TestDirectory/%60$%7BbaseUrl%7Dscripts/global.js%60”. Uncaught ReferenceError: Global is not defined 

   onload file:///C:/Gustafson/Website/TestDirectory/baseUrl_test.html:37
   EventHandlerNonNull* file:///C:/Gustafson/Website/TestDirectory/baseUrl_test.html:34

The problem is the console.log displays what is expected but the src= is using something totally different.

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Firefox Site breakages

Block product update notifications

Is there a setting to disable product update notifications? For example, I got a notification on Windows today prompting me to try out Firefox's new split tab view. I do… (read more)

Is there a setting to disable product update notifications?

For example, I got a notification on Windows today prompting me to try out Firefox's new split tab view.

I do not want to receive these product update notifications.

I know I can disable notifications in Windows at the OS level, however, this also disables notifications for all websites I have enabled.

Is there an option to disable these?

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Firefox Push notifications

Request to Update Email Address – Lost Access to ProtonMail

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am contacting you regarding my Firefox account, which is currently registered with my ProtonMail email address that I no longer have a… (read more)

Hello,

I hope you are doing well.

I am contacting you regarding my Firefox account, which is currently registered with my ProtonMail email address that I no longer have access to.

Unfortunately, my ProtonMail account has been permanently disabled, and I am unable to receive any verification emails.

I would like to request your assistance in updating my account email address to a new one.

I can confirm that I am the rightful owner of the account and I am willing to provide any information necessary to verify my identity, such as:

Previous account details Login activity Devices used Any additional verification you may require

Additionally, I am currently located in Iran, where due to recent internet restrictions and instability, I have had to rely on VPN services, which may have contributed to unusual activity patterns.

I would really appreciate any help or alternative verification process you can provide in this situation.

New email address: intelligentquantum@gmail.com

Thank you for your time and support.

Best regards, Hamed

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Firefox Edit account details

How to get "automatic" theme in Firefox settings to honor operating system theme

Firefox reports that my theme is dark no matter what if I set it to _Automatic_. This results on any website that follows the CSS rule to prefer system theme to also be i… (read more)

Firefox reports that my theme is dark no matter what if I set it to _Automatic_. This results on any website that follows the CSS rule to prefer system theme to also be in dark mode. The only way I can get Firefox to use _Light_ is to manually select that option.

I have observed this behavior on MacOS Sequioa and also Tahoe (after a clean install). Other browsers I tested (Chrome, Safari) are not impacted by this behavior.

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Firefox Browser appearance

gmail does not work in firefox anymore

gmail no longer works in firefox. Nightly has been giving me a message about clearing cache and cookies for many many many months. After I do that, nothing changes and I … (read more)

gmail no longer works in firefox. Nightly has been giving me a message about clearing cache and cookies for many many many months. After I do that, nothing changes and I still end up in a website about clearing cache and cookies.

Firefox ESR is not able to delete gmail emails after I check the delete box. It says they are deleted but the don't ever go away.

I cannot find any version of firefox that works with gmail. Please let me know if you have found one and provide a link for me to download that version.

thanks

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Firefox Web compatibility

Please advise how to change the Firefox icon in the Windows task bar

... if this is even possible? Has there been an influx of blue as the preferred icon color the latest years? With somewhat degraded eyes, this has started to become a pro… (read more)

... if this is even possible?

Has there been an influx of blue as the preferred icon color the latest years?

With somewhat degraded eyes, this has started to become a problem for me.

I want to have Firefox Developer edition installed, but I have to settle for the standard edition. Why ? Because the standard edition has a distinct orange icon. I am not able to quick glance at the task bar and see the difference between what window is Firefox Dev (blue icon), Outlook (blue icon), VSCode (blue icon), Azure Data Studio (blue icon), WebStorm (blue icon), 1Password (blue icon) or MS Edge (blue icon).

My problem is that my web browser (in this case Firefox) is the application I most often switch back and forth between and the struggle is real... I have to spend a lot of time looking at the task bar to acuatlly be able to see what icon is Firefox Developer Edition.

I don't need this as a feature in Firefox, necessarily, just some tips or tricks if there is any icons in the program folder e.g. I can swap out.

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Firefox Tips and tricks
TyDraniu replied 1 year ago

Purchase a VPN installation.

Hello, I have three devices: a desktop and a laptop with Windows 10, and another laptop with Ubuntu (LINUX). I read that I can purchase a VPN installation. Do I need to b… (read more)

Hello,

I have three devices: a desktop and a laptop with Windows 10, and another laptop with Ubuntu (LINUX).

I read that I can purchase a VPN installation. Do I need to buy three separate VPN installations or one with a single login and password?

Thanks, Pavel

Solved 1 225
Firefox Add device
Paul replied 4 months ago

Vertical tabs keep "getting stuck" (not expanding)

I have vertical tabs enabled and the "expand when hovering mouse" option is activated (see screenshot). However, the latter functionality tends to glitch at some point in… (read more)

I have vertical tabs enabled and the "expand when hovering mouse" option is activated (see screenshot). However, the latter functionality tends to glitch at some point in basically every session. I can't tell if a specific action triggers it, so far it seems pretty random. The glitch is that either the tabs are expanded and won't collapse, or the opposite: they're collapsed and refuse to expand when I point at them. Is this feature maybe still experimental? or something? I'm running Firefox 149.0b5 DEveloper Edition on Garuda Linux (Arch based).

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Firefox Tabs
eta carinae replied 1 month ago

Lost tabs

Hi, I have logged out from some device (laptop) today. I had approx 150 tabs over there I would really like to recover. Is there any chance to get them back? Kind regards… (read more)

Hi,

I have logged out from some device (laptop) today. I had approx 150 tabs over there I would really like to recover. Is there any chance to get them back?

Kind regards Grzegorz

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Firefox Recover data
SuMo Bot replied 3 months ago

Broken Responsive View Mode sensor scroll

I was working with responsive view mode and noticed that sensor scroll with mouse is broken. I checked on another PC and the problem there too. I don't know how to descri… (read more)

I was working with responsive view mode and noticed that sensor scroll with mouse is broken. I checked on another PC and the problem there too. I don't know how to describe it, but I made a video and uploaded it to a website so you can watch it.

Video link (there might be ads on the site im sorry)

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Firefox Performance and connectivity
markwarner22 replied 1 year ago

Lost old firefox bookmarks

I wanted to open firefox and a new window for new firefox open but did not suggest me to sync my old bookmarks. instead it only asked me if i wanted to sync with chrome b… (read more)

I wanted to open firefox and a new window for new firefox open but did not suggest me to sync my old bookmarks. instead it only asked me if i wanted to sync with chrome browser only. why was i not allowed to save old bookmarks before new firefox updated.

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Firefox Sync and backup confusion
alejiri replied 6 months ago

How to disable "Drop tab here to pin" with vertical tabs

This seems like a relatively new feature that I don't see a setting to toggle. How would I disable the drag-and-drop area at the top of the vertical tabs which prompts me… (read more)

This seems like a relatively new feature that I don't see a setting to toggle. How would I disable the drag-and-drop area at the top of the vertical tabs which prompts me to pin the tab?

Archived 1 261
Firefox Tabs
Michael Yaworski replied 9 months ago

https-only exception not working?

using Firefox Developer Edition Version 130.0b5 (64-bit) https-only mode is enabled for all windows enabled, with a couple exceptions. one of those exceptions is www.bom.… (read more)

using Firefox Developer Edition Version 130.0b5 (64-bit)

https-only mode is enabled for all windows enabled, with a couple exceptions. one of those exceptions is www.bom.gov.au , which does not support that mode. anytime someone tries to open a page from there in said mode, leads to a page that redirects to it's homepage, highlighting that it is unsupported, and changing from any specific url to the redirect url.

in the past it worked well to have this page listed under the exceptions for https-only, always loaded without a hitch. but now it's treating the page as not an exception. i've removed it from the exception list and tried loading, re-added and tried loading, but the result is always the same. can anyone please help?

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Firefox Privacy and security
inlakeshiva replied 1 year ago