Can Firefox Android keep newly created empty tabs open?
When I tap New Tab in Firefox for Android, a new empty tab is created. However, if I don't type anything in the address bar or open a webpage, the empty tab does not remain available when I switch between tabs.
I would like Firefox to keep empty tabs open until I manually close them, even if I haven't entered a URL or search.
For example, I would like to be able to have:
Tab 1 — ChatGPT Tab 2 — Empty new tab Tab 3 — Empty new tab Tab 4 — Empty new tab
Then I can switch to any empty tab later and start searching or browsing.
Chrome allows this behavior, so I would like to know:
Is there a Firefox Android setting that allows empty tabs to remain open? If not, is this a known issue or feature request? If it is not currently supported, where can I submit a feature request for it?
I am using Firefox for Android and would prefer not to have unused empty tabs automatically removed.
Opaite Mbohovái (2)
It was working like this previously, but current implementation doesn't treat homepage as a tab (the number of tabs doesn't increase when you open a homepage).
You can have only one homepage - by design. And there is general consensus that this option is much better.
I understand that the current behavior is intentional and that Firefox treats the homepage separately from normal tabs.
However, my request is specifically about user control. If a user has configured a homepage, it would be useful to have an option to open that homepage as a normal tab when desired, rather than forcing the homepage to remain a special non-tab page.
I understand that having only one homepage may be preferable by default, but an optional setting could support both use cases without changing the default behavior for users who prefer the current implementation.
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