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In an android tablet can Firefox show the tabs on top of the browser view? As it is now I have to jump to a weird "tab screen" to see the other tabs. Feels like it's not really a tab but more like a separate window. Very kludgy way to go from one "tab" to another. This is a huge step back from Chrome.

When I use browser for Android mobile phone it simply can not open new tabs for browsing. I have to open some adverts so it could open new tab. In the settings option there is no button or command where I could fix that

Issue Description: I'm encountering a privacy tab setting issue with the Firefox app on my Android phone. When I close the Firefox app, all private tabs are automatically cleared and not retained. However, when I previously used Firefox on an iPhone (iOS 11), private tabs remained open after relaunching the app.

Specific Questions:

1.Is there a setting in the Android version of Firefox to retain private tabs after closing the app?

2.Is this behavior due to Android's restrictions or Firefox's default configuration?

3.If no direct setting exists, are there workarounds (e.g., extensions or specific versions) to achieve this?

My mobile phone is: Nothing Phone (3a) Pro Android 15

Any advice from users with similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

How do I get FF to simply open a new tab with the google search page when opened or when a new tab is created? (In android) None of the support documents accurately describe the process.

I've tried adjusting settings, installing extensions but nothing will make it do what every other browser will, by default.

137.0.2 (Build #2016085103), hg-5d1d0e27dc3a+ GV: 137.0.2-20250414091429 AS: 137.0

please help me turn off the swipe to the side= delete gesture. fingers are not stable , so I keep deleting tabs I saved in a collection, with no way to retrieve it unless I go through my history very tediously.

this is an accessibility issue. otherwise collections are useless to someone little me.

After some update on Android Firefox, discarding tab by swiping to right (on List mode) has become so much more difficult that it messes with the flow and makes me consider switching browser. Is there a way to maybe tweak some configs to change it back or even a way to downgrade the Firefox?

On Firefox nightly when viewing all open tabs, the thumbnail displayed does not show the current underlying web page. Instead it shows some prior web page thumbnail ... see attached screenshot

When you view the attached screenshot, the bottom left tab is playing a video with the title robot revolution, yet the thumbnail displayed on that tab is from a prior site that I viewed on that same tab

141.0a1 (Build #2016096519), null GV: 141.0a1-20250612214230 AS: 141.20250605050304 OS: Android 16

2025-06-12T21:42:30

Also when booking this ticket on the pick list there is no choice for tabs which is why I chose browse

On Nightly build 2016088551, I was given a pop-up to lock tabs in Private mode. I do not like this change, so I tried looking in settings to turn this off. I did not find the option to turn this off. How do I do so?

Hi, I am using Firefox Nightly. It keeps prompting me to lock my private tabs, I accidentally clicked it and now I need password/biometrics everytime to view my private tabs. How do I disable the lock? I cannot find it in settings/private browsing.

Hi. I have switched over from Google. It would be extremely helpful if an option for tabbing groups, such as what Google has, was made available for Firefox Android. I know there are extensions but I have not found a single one that either works properly or works at all on Android. Thanks.

Unlike Brave, Vivaldi or Chrome, Firefox will consistently reload pages when switching between apps. Filling up forms is a nightmare! This issue exists at least for the last 9 years and hasn't been solved. I have plenty RAM and Cache can be increased 10 fold, I don't care. Use what is available, just stop reloading my forms!

Even in Beta, Unload.on.low.memory and browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand I had to add manually (they probably do nothing anyway)

Best way I found is to use Firefox in a floating window (apparently there are plenty resources for that) while copy-pasting what I need.

I honestly don't have any other complain about this work of art, but recently I installed Brave and Vivaldi and after some testing I will switch to one of them, I can't take it anymore.

I've just about given up using this browser as it's become less and less user friendly. I have spent a couple of hours searching the forums and online to find a way to BLOCK webpages from refreshing/reloading in Firefox for Android. Facebook etc.. I've searched geckoview and there is NO option for blocking this feature. the accessibility.blockautorefresh no longer exists and re-entering it does nothing. I've disabled every option possible and it doesn't do it. Battery consumption etc. There are no current extensions add-ons that work. I assume this was done to make the browser more favorable for site monetization but Firefox wasn't supposed to be geared towards that.

If anyone knows of a way to do this please please let me know. Otherwise I'm -><- away from deleting this app and just using Brave.

Ive been using firefox on every device for decades. This has never happened. I had 90+ tabs open, I hadn't finished sorting and saving. I've been apartment hunting so many tabs were important links. Somehow, I wasn't even doing anything with tabs, all gone. I have my complete history and 10 most recent. All I have is my phone right now, now computer access. Please tell me there is something to be done. Samsung galaxy a15

A few days ago, I was able to go to my list of inactive tabs, click on one to open it, and then swipe through tabs in order to open a large amount of them at once. Today, this no longer works. Is this an update or a bug? There's no other good way to open a large amount of inactive tabs at once.

I find it extremely annoying that on the Desktop all URLs I open are on the same tab unless I request otherwise but on Android all URLs I open from Home open in a new tab which can result in a huge number of tabs being open. When are the developers going to provide an option to open new URLs on the same Tab unless I request otherwise. On a device like a phone with limited memory this makes no sense, my wife often ends up with so many tabs open her phone crashes. I know there is a setting to close on exit but on Android that only works if you select exit which my wife often forgets so she ends up with 30 open tabs!

A facility to circumvent this is long overdue.

Stuart

I see that I can select multiple tabs in a collection I put together on my home screen, but where is the menu option to open all selected tabs?

Also, is there one to simply "open all collection tabs"?

I also noticed that I can edit the custom title name of a shortcut link on my home page, but I can't find out how to do the same for a collection list of links. I'm searching for user guides on the Collections feature for Android but not faring well at it. I fully admit this is my own fault and I'm sorry to be a burden. Normally I can troubleshoot well but I've been ill and the treatments are almost worse than the troubles. ;)

Any time I use Firefox on my Samsung S20 FE Android phone, and bring another app to the foreground or even access another app from the browser (for example, to load an image onto a web page), the browser refreshes and the web page in the foreground resets. This happens even with Battery = Unrestricted set for Firefox. Is there any else I need to do?