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I really enjoy using the recently added sidebar, but I want to put it away temporarily while watching videos. After some digging around, I finally found the simple keybind for expanding it (ctrl-alt-z). With the 'hide tabs and sidebar' option toggled, I'm able to open and close it at will, which is exactly what I wanted.

However, whenever I do this, the sidebar snaps to what I assume is its default size (picture 1). I usually use it at minimum size (picture 2,) such that only the icon of each tab shows. I tried to readjust it, but it seems to not snap to this size anymore unless I disable 'Hide Tabs and Sidebar.' 

For now, I'm just going to temporarily toggle that setting on when I want it out of the way, and manually fix things later. But, is there a way I can have the best of both worlds? Can I make the 'default' the sidebar snaps to the minimum size I usually use from Picture 2?

Thank you in advance.

I did not really know what happened but every time I opened home page, it did not load. It was working before but suddenly it didn't. I have tried writing "about:home" into search bar and it returned nothing. Just a blank page and an empty search bar.

I've checked the settings and it should be fine. Nothing wrong with it. I've checked the flatpak version and its ok. I was able to open my home tab.

I am using Firefox 148.0.2 (64-bit) Debian .deb.

Hello, I accidentally clicked on a new toggle button and it opened a Google sidebar. I also now do not have the ability to have multiple tabs open on the same browser. If I clcik on command-T (Mac), the screen goes dark. What happened? Can I get my old system back, without this Google sidebar?

Since I got my first computer in the 1980s the centered search bar has been the window for searching. It sits at a comfortable height for my eyes and is not surrounded by visual clutter. Since the address bar first appeared as an alternative for searching I have consistently disabled or overridden it. It is bad visual design; it is visually inconvenient, and to many of us who have used consumers for decades, it is not how a computer screen should look.

Now comes the newest version, which locks users into one way of doing things. Well, Newsflash: A lot of us want the freedom to use an operating system that responds to us, not vice-versa.

I think you are not making a lot of friends with this version. Rather than trying to spin it as something great, which it isn't, why not admit it's a problem, and rewrite it to make it more useful to everyone?

Firefox does a good job of filling in username and password prompts. Occasionally, it doesn't. The sign-in prompt for American Airlines is an example. Go to AA.COM and click on the "Log in" button. The prompt box labeled, "AAdvantage® # or username", is not filled in; but the prompt box labeled, "Password" is recognized and filled in. There must be something about the wording or the HTML used for the first box that obscures the requested information.

On new tab, all my added short cuts are gone and it doesn't let me add any. For example I want to have a shortcut to say... Amazon, but when I type or paste in the url, it still doesn't add it and the add button goes blue, not white. I have the shortcut feature turned on

upon opening firefox the following address appears in the search window:

https://eventseekspot.com/?path=firefox/newtab&u=864940da25d1ae22&subid=11119&channel=1

why? and how do i make it go away

So whenever I visit a website, or websites, they get added up with my shortcuts on the homepage which gets really annoying because I have to manually dismiss them everytime. for instance, I've marked them with the green circles in the picture attached here. how do i stop them from appearing here?

Hi,

eine Internetseite, die ich öfter aufrufen möchte, ergibt o.g. Fehlermedung mit der Ergänzung: "Dieses Problem kann manchmal auftreten, wenn Cookies deaktiviert oder abgelehnt werden." Ich muss dann leider zu Edge wechseln, da funktioniert sie.

keine Angst, Seite geht zu Mercedes Fzg-Angebote:

https://members.mercedes-benz.de/portal/pool/mailReminderDeepLinks.html?id=618038&ref=external&fkey=-1856176&ct=3&hash=B1gBJW79YrMPgoCrAAANHA

All the icons in my Bookmark Toolbar have been working great with no errors for several years, through countless updates with no problem. Then, recently I noticed all the icons lost the color icons and just show as a wire globe. Clicking on them, any one of them, they all go to the same website. If I remove them, got to the website I want there, and drag the URL to the bookmark bar, things are back to normal for that icon. So I replaced each one, and the next day, when I open Firefox, all the icons are again wire globes. It seems that Firefox will not retain the URL for any of the icons.

Very strange.

I have a Mac Pro laptop. Firefox has been my default browser. I never had problems accessing websites before, but now, suddenly, I get a rejection notice that prevents me from using certain websites and even links in emails. I am 74 years old and not technically mobile or able to figure out how to correct the rejection notices I receive. You have no phone number or other way to reach you. I have looked and tried to find where the problem may be but I have been unsuccessful. I have no idea if it is an accessibility problem or a connectivity problem . As well, the fonts on any instructions you provide are almost impossible to read as they were written for midget eyes. I would be grateful if you could assist me and send many thanks.

I get the message: We're Sorry Firfox had a problem and crashed. We'll try to restore your tabs and windows. To help us diagnose and fix this problem, you can send us a crash report. I sent the crash report multiple times.

I added a screenshot of my MacBook Air info.

The details are: AvailablePhysicalMemory: 1700704256 AvailableSwapMemory: 0 BackgroundTaskMode: 0 BuildID: 20260216153405 CrashTime: 1773448580 DOMFissionEnabled: 0 DOMIPCEnabled: 0 HeadlessMode: 0 InstallTime: 1772203700 LastStartupWasCrash: 1 MacAvailableMemorySysctl: 75 MacMemoryPressure: Normal MacMemoryPressureCriticalTime: Unset MacMemoryPressureNormalTime: 1773448580 MacMemoryPressureSysctl: 1 MacMemoryPressureWarningTime: Unset MozCrashReason: MOZ_CRASH(NS_ERROR_OMNIJAR_OR_DIR_MISSING) ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox PurgeablePhysicalMemory: 248750080 ReleaseChannel: release SafeMode: 0 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 15923 StartupCacheValid: 0 StartupCrash: 1 StartupTime: 1773448579 SubmittedFrom: Client Throttleable: 1 TotalPhysicalMemory: 8589934592 UptimeTS: 1.104864563 Vendor: Mozilla Version: 148.0 This report also contains technical information about the state of the application when it crashed.

Moderator note: This question has been edited to fill the Firefox version field (based on the info submitted).

A user I am servicing uses Firefox every day. They are on Windows 11. Every afternoon (sometimes at other times), Firefox stops working and loses its internet connection (everything else on their computer continues to be connected). When they close and restart Firefox to reconnect, it then tells me the user that they are using an old profile and need to create a new one. They're able to re-log into their Firefox account, which eventually resyncs all their data, but they then have to re-sign into everything, which is a major inconvenience. The only workaround the I have found is to reinstall Firefox, ever time this happens which then allows the user to use all their settings until they have to repeat the process the next day (i.e., everything remains signed in and/or logging back in is easier than described above).

Here's some additional information and trouble testing we've conducted:

Uninstall and Reinstall of Fire fox

Check for updates (Updated to new version and still suffered the same issue)

Cleared cache and cookies

No extensions

Please if anyone has any advice or recommendations it would be greatly appreciated.

I made my post originally on the 3/9/26 but no one has gotten back to me, so I am creating another post.