"New tab" in bookmark toolbar does not open new tab. Instead it blanks the current tab with the new tab page. How to fix?
I purchased a new computer (Lenovo Ideapad 540S) with Windows 10 OS. Reinstalled Firefox. My bookmark toolbar has a "New Tab" Icon. In my old computer, clicking "new t… (read more)
I purchased a new computer (Lenovo Ideapad 540S) with Windows 10 OS. Reinstalled Firefox. My bookmark toolbar has a "New Tab" Icon. In my old computer, clicking "new tab" would open a new tab and display the new tab page. Now, clicking the New Tab icon creates a new tab page on the page that I am starting from. In other words -- no new tab opens, but the current page I am looking at becomes a new tab page. I still get a new tab if i click the "+" sign in the tabs and if I right click on the New Tab icon and and select "open in new tab" but I thought the New Tab Icon was supposed to .. you know ... open a new tab.
Firefox
Hovering on tabs opens the Mac menu bar in full screen mode
When you move your mouse cursor on the tab area to select a tab, it happens quite often that the Mac menu bar opens automatically and covers the tab area, thus preventing… (read more)
When you move your mouse cursor on the tab area to select a tab, it happens quite often that the Mac menu bar opens automatically and covers the tab area, thus preventing you from opening the tab (see the screenshot).
This is a rather inconvenient issue with Firefox for Mac.
For example, in Chrome for Mac, there is a vertical gap on top of the tabs to avoid this effect - see the screenshot. Or in Safari, tabs are located below the address bar.
Is there any solution to the issue?
Firefox updated and it took my tabs off the bottom and above address bar
Dang these updates that do this. how to move tabs back below address bar? I know many people are tired of this problem!
Is there a way to always open links in new tabs from a specific tab?
Hi all, So I have a pinned tab that is automatically refreshed via an extension. That extension is URL based. From time to time I may accidentally clicked a link on that … (read more)
Hi all,
So I have a pinned tab that is automatically refreshed via an extension. That extension is URL based. From time to time I may accidentally clicked a link on that tab and the URL changed then the auto-refresh stops.
In order to keep the auto-refreshed tab's URL, I would like to always open the links on that tab in a new tab, but keep normal behavior on any other tabs. Is it possible to do that?
Thanks,
Jeremy
Firefox 71 changed my toolbar arrangement
My Tabs toolbar used to be under my Links toolbar. It is now above the Address toolbar. How do I put my Tabs toolbar back where I want it (not where Firefox arbitrarily d… (read more)
My Tabs toolbar used to be under my Links toolbar. It is now above the Address toolbar.
How do I put my Tabs toolbar back where I want it (not where Firefox arbitrarily decided to put it)?
Alternately, How do I go back to FireFox 70.0.1?
System: Windows 8.1, 64-bit
FireFox 71, 64-bit
Note: My laptop (Windows 8.1, 64-bit) has Firefox 70.0.1 (but wants me to "update" (sic)). It has the tool bars in my preferred order. I'm not about to "update" until I know how to fix FireFox 71.
"clear history when firefox closes" was enabled automatically. and all my data was removed!
"clear history when firefox closes" was enabled automatically (idk why!) and so all my data was removed! how can i recover them? (history, user/pass and tabs)
FF 71 again broke tabs and menu bars!
As in the topic, FF updated broke everything. Fortunately, I managed to get it somewhat working again but there are new problems. My menu bar now is under bookmarks and s… (read more)
As in the topic, FF updated broke everything. Fortunately, I managed to get it somewhat working again but there are new problems. My menu bar now is under bookmarks and some weird empty bar showed up under my tabs. HOW TO FIX IT?! HELP!
my userChrome.css config
/* Firefox Quantum userChrome.css tweaks ********************************************************/ /* code mostly taken from 'Classic Theme Restorer' & 'Classic Toolbar Buttons' add-ons **********/ /* Github: https://github.com/aris-t2/customcssforfx ********************************************/ /************************************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/ /* Custom CSS for Firefox 60+ *******************************************************************/ /* version 2.4.0 ********************************************************************************/ /************************************************************************************************/
/*************************************************************************************************
- /
/************************************************************************************************/ /* CONFIGURATION FILES - edit target files to change general values *****************************/ /************************************************************************************************/
/* GENERAL VARIABLES ****************************************************************************/ /* [!] set global variables for font and tab size options and more inside target file ***********/ @import "./config/general_variables.css"; /**/
/* COLOR VARIABLES FOR DEFAULT BROWSER THEME ONLY - MAIN UI - [only use one at a time] **********/ /* [!] set own colors for tabs & toolbars inside 'color_variables.css' or use available presets */ /* [!] 'about:config > ui.systemUsesDarkTheme > 0' might be required in some cases **************/ /* [!] enabled 'menubar_color.css' and 'statusbar_color.css' might be required in some cases ****/ @import "./config/color_variables.css"; /**/ /* <- default 'grey' colors */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_aero.css"; /**/ /* <- 'AeroBlue' colors (Win 7 Aero) */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_classic-grey.css"; /**/ /* <- 'classic grey' colors (Win Classic) */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_fx3.css"; /**/ /* <- 'Firefox 3-like' blueish colors */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_transparent.css"; /**/ /* <- (semi-)'transparent' colors */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_aeroglass.css"; /**/ /* <- 'AeroGlass' colors / Win10+Glass8 fix can be found in 'toolbars' area */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_deved.css"; /**/ /* <- based on 'Developer Edition' colors */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_noia4_grey.css"; /**/ /* <- based on 'Noia 4 themes' grey colors */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_noia4_lightgrey.css"; /**/ /* <- based on 'Noia 4 themes' lightgrey colors */ /* @import "./config/color_variables_noia4_dark.css"; /**/ /* <- based on 'Noia 4 themes' dark colors */
/* Darker "Dark" default theme - [only use one at a time] ***************************************/ /* @import "./css/toolbars/default_dark_theme_darker.css"; /**/ /* @import "./css/toolbars/default_dark_theme_darker_v2.css"; /**/
/* CUSTOM SCROLLBARS VARIABLES (Firefox 63+ only) - EXPERIMENTAL ********************************/ /* [!] Might not work on every page! This issue is for Mozilla to solve. ************************/ /* [!] not compatible with custom scrollbar JavaScipt userChrome scripts ************************/ /* [!] custom size values only compatible with 'web content' scrollbars at the moment ***********/ /* [!] more info inside 'custom_scrollbar_appearance.css' file **********************************/ /* @import "./config/custom_scrollbar_appearance.css"; /**/ /* <--- EXPERIMENTAL */
/************************************************************************************************/
/* TOOLBAR BUTTONS ******************************************************************************/
/************************************************************************************************/
/* navigation toolbar buttons appearance - [only use one at a time] *****************************/ @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_classic_appearance.css"; /**/ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_classic_appearance_v2.css"; /**/ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_windows_classic_theme_appearance.css"; /**/ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_glass_appearance.css"; /* <--- good for Dark themes */ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_osx_appearance.css"; /**/
/* navigation toolbar buttons - button roundness (edit file to set different roundness) *********/ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_button_roundness.css"; /**/
/* squared buttons / button size - [only use one at a time] *************************************/ /* "rectangular shape" - normal size ************************************************************/ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_squared_buttons.css"; /**/ /* "normal shape" - large size (huge 48x48px buttons with 36x36px icons) ************************/ /* [!] not compatible with 'custom icon' options ************************************************/ /* [!] not compatible with 'custom back & forward buttons' appearance options *******************/ /* [!] not compatible with 'text mode' option ***************************************************/ /* [!] partly compatible with 'icons+text' option, if in 'compact mode' *************************/ /* @import "./css/buttons/buttons_on_navbar_huge_48px_size.css"; /
Disable middle click tab bar
My previous question: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254024 With the latest update, the following css tweak to disable the creation of new tab when middle c… (read more)
My previous question: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254024
With the latest update, the following css tweak to disable the creation of new tab when middle clicking the empty tab bar area no longer works.
This along with the shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+P to open a new private window are features no other browsers have.
Disable middle click tab bar
Can someone help me edit the CSS to disable the feature of middle mouse clicks on the empty portion of the tab bar opening new tabs? The new update broke the CSS again an… (read more)
Can someone help me edit the CSS to disable the feature of middle mouse clicks on the empty portion of the tab bar opening new tabs? The new update broke the CSS again and it's really frustrating using Firefox as I have a bad habit of constantly clicking the middle mouse button.
My previous posts: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254024, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1271141
The CSS: https://pastebin.com/qttFZYQx
Each time that I update Firefox I loose my Tabs on bottom of window page (userChromeCSS doesn't work). Please tell me why Firefox don't set it as an option.
userChromeCSS doesn't work anymore on version71.0 (64-bit) #TabsToolbar { position: fixed; bottom: -0.5em; width: 100%; } #tabbrowser-tabs { width: 96%; } #co… (read more)
userChromeCSS doesn't work anymore on version71.0 (64-bit)
#TabsToolbar {
position: fixed;
bottom: -0.5em;
width: 100%;
}
#tabbrowser-tabs { width: 96%; }
#content-deck { margin-bottom: 2.5em; }
How can I get tabs below in firefox 71.0?
Since the new update, tabs are on top again. And the fix for the last time it no longer worked (as usual) is not valid anymore. What must I do now? And why is firefox so … (read more)
Since the new update, tabs are on top again. And the fix for the last time it no longer worked (as usual) is not valid anymore. What must I do now? And why is firefox so set on placing the tabs on top? Thanks
Restoring a session from the "Import and Backup" does nothing.
Hi, Today I accidentally closed Firefox right after I opened it, before having the chance to restore the previous session. And since then, I've been trying to restore it … (read more)
Hi,
Today I accidentally closed Firefox right after I opened it, before having the chance to restore the previous session. And since then, I've been trying to restore it to no avail. Clicking the "Import and Backup" button in the history, doesn't work at all. It shows the list of the previous sessions, but nothing happens when I click them. No error, no nothing.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
cannot open the folder tabs in firefox
clicking on any of the named tabs across the top of Firefox does not open anything. I am old and stupid and just want to work the way it always has.
links not opening in tabs
when i am on pinterest or in my thunderbird and clik on a link the tab opens but won't download the link please help..i have missed so many freebies and birthday stuff (… (read more)
when i am on pinterest or in my thunderbird and clik on a link the tab opens but won't download the link please help..i have missed so many freebies and birthday stuff (my 75th.)..ty
I have "restore previous session" and "remember history" checked in settings, but when I start up my computer, Firefox doesn't restore my previous session
This is sort of a saga, but I'd rather give too much information than too little. I just got a new Windows 10 computer (Dell Inspiron 15 15000) and transferred all my stu… (read more)
This is sort of a saga, but I'd rather give too much information than too little.
I just got a new Windows 10 computer (Dell Inspiron 15 15000) and transferred all my stuff including firefox with all the tabs I had open.
I usually have lots of tabs open, and I opened all the tabs on my new computer that I had had on the old one. For some reason I can't recall, I ended up with one window with one tab, and one window with all the tabs I'd had open on my old machine (including the one that was open by itself in the other window). I closed the window with the single tab, and continued using the window with many tabs. At the end of the day, I closed the window as usual and shut down the computer.
The next day, I turned on my computer, opened up firefox, and no tabs! I checked to make sure that "open previous session at startup" was checked in the main settings, did some searching through the help files here, and found that the problem was that I hadn't gone in to the privacy settings to tell it to remember history. I fixed that, and did some more digging to figure out how to restore history, I don't remember how. I restarted Firefox, and it restored a previous session ... but not the one I wanted. It restored the window with the single tab that I'd only had open for about ten minutes, not the window with all my tabs (including that one) that I'd had open all day. Some more searching through the support here and I figured out how to restore the session I ACTUALLY wanted. I can't find the post now, but it told me to go to Help - Troubleshooting Information (I think--it LOOKED like the Troubleshooting Information page, from what I remember, although today it doesn't seem to have the option I used yesterday, so it might have been a different page) and see if there were two sessions, and if so, to click the other one, and see if that fixed things. It did! I got the window with all the tabs back, and closed the window with just the single tab, and went on with my day. Problem solved, right?
No. I booted up my computer today, opened up Firefox, and what did I find? IT OPENED THE WINDOW WITH THE SINGLE TAB THAT I'D ONLY HAD OPEN BRIEFLY, INSTEAD OF THE WINDOW WITH ALL MY TABS IN IT THAT I'D HAD OPEN ALL DAY. First of all, I'd rather not have to deal with this again, so how can I make sure it doesn't? What is going on?
Second, I can't find the help page that told me how to restore the correct window. This is a problem, because although all of the tabs I had open yesterday are in my history, when I go to the little library icon and look at "history" both the "recently closed windows" and "recently closed tabs" are empty. As far as Firefox is concerned, I haven't closed any windows or tabs since the last time the history was deleted, despite having lots of pages in the Recent History list that I sure don't have open right now. Clicking the three horizontal lines to get the main menu, there is no "restore previous session" as an option. I can go through the history and manually click on all the tabs that should be open, but that is REALLY a pain and I would like not to have to do this again. I have added the "Tab Session Manager" addon, so hopefully even if this is a recurring problem I can use that to get around it. (The addons listed below are all the addons I had when the problem occurred.) What the heck is going on here?
Can you make Firefox open just with pinned tabs?
I have 9 pinned tabs in Firefox, including my Home page, BBC News. If I close Firefox with only pinned tabs open, next restart it will open a new Home tab (unpinned) auto… (read more)
I have 9 pinned tabs in Firefox, including my Home page, BBC News. If I close Firefox with only pinned tabs open, next restart it will open a new Home tab (unpinned) automatically which I don't want. I want it to open exactly as I closed it with the same pinned tab on top. Is this possible?
How do I make FF open items in History drop down menu in new tabs?
Saw this question 2 years ago with unhelpful answers, like right clicking on an item - right clicking is not an option with a track pad, and none of the track pad options… (read more)
Saw this question 2 years ago with unhelpful answers, like right clicking on an item - right clicking is not an option with a track pad, and none of the track pad options like control-click or option-click worked to open any items in a new tab (and I don't see why people who answer questions don't think about the hundreds of millions of people who use track pads, or Magic Mouse which has no right-click ability). Chrome has this very convenient feature that keeps a history item from opening on top of your current page - often you want to compare or add what you saw in history to what you're seeing on the current page without making the current page disappear and having to backpage, thus losing the history page you want displayed at the same time. This seems like an easy enough feature to include that FF is ignoring, like it ignores the longtime request that Firefox enable cut & paste to retain website formatting and functions when pasting into an email (and screenshots don't retain functions like links). If there are enough inconveniences to using FF, people use another browser, and if Chrome and Safari can include such conveniences, so can Firefox.
When multiple tabs are open I sometimes cannot select or close certain tabs using the tab bar; happens both in Firefox and Firefox Nightly using Mac OS.
I'm running Mac OS 10.15.1. Whenever I have multiple tabs open there are instance when I cannot select a certain tab or close it by hitting the X in the tab bar. Sometime… (read more)
I'm running Mac OS 10.15.1. Whenever I have multiple tabs open there are instance when I cannot select a certain tab or close it by hitting the X in the tab bar. Sometimes, eventually, it will work and other times I have to jump around to other tabs before I can finally select the one I want. I have tried refreshing Firefox and running Firefox without add-ons enabled, both with no luck.
Firefox Options says "Tree Style Tab, requires Container Tabs" yet there is no add-on called "Container Tabs" so what does this mean?
Please, no code language, HTML or or 'inside baseball' responses that include terms not self-defined to non-experts as myself...pretend this is my first time using a brow… (read more)
Please, no code language, HTML or or 'inside baseball' responses that include terms not self-defined to non-experts as myself...pretend this is my first time using a browser. I just need to know what action I should be taking as the add-on (Tree Style Tab) seems to be working properly.