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How to make the Start Page dark or black

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In Firefox 74, I would like to make the default start page dark. Plugins will not work for this, and an I have not seen, option in the settings. I searched and I didn't see anyone ask this specific question. Thanks in advance!

In Firefox 74, I would like to make the default start page dark. Plugins will not work for this, and an I have not seen, option in the settings. I searched and I didn't see anyone ask this specific question. Thanks in advance!

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If you open the menu and click customize and click themes -> dark mode the start page should be black. mine is at least.

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that's true, but they could provide an option to make it without having to stop using the theme you like.

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You can possibly use CSS code in userContent.css to set the background color.


/* ABOUT:HOME - ABOUT:NEWTAB */
@-moz-document url-prefix(about:home), url-prefix(about:newtab) {
 body{
  --newtab-background-color: #2A2A2E!important;
  --newtab-border-primary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-border-secondary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.1)!important;
  --newtab-button-primary-color: #0060DF!important;
  --newtab-button-secondary-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-element-active-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-element-hover-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.1)!important;
  --newtab-icon-primary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-icon-secondary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.4)!important;
  --newtab-icon-tertiary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.4)!important;
  --newtab-inner-box-shadow-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-link-primary-color: #45A1FF!important;
  --newtab-link-secondary-color: #50BCB6!important;
  --newtab-text-conditional-color: #F9F9FA!important;
  --newtab-text-primary-color: #F9F9FA!important;
  --newtab-text-secondary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-textbox-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-textbox-border: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-textbox-focus-color: #45A1FF!important;
  --newtab-textbox-focus-boxshadow: 0 0 0 1px #45A1FF, 0 0 0 4px rgba(69, 161, 255, 0.3)!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-background: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-text: #F9F9FA!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-background-faded: rgba(56, 56, 61, 0.6)!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-text-faded: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0)!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-spinner: #D7D7DB!important;
  --newtab-contextmenu-background-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-contextmenu-button-color: #2A2A2E!important;
  --newtab-modal-color: #2A2A2E!important;
  --newtab-overlay-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-section-header-text-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-section-navigation-text-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-section-active-contextmenu-color: #FFF!important;
  --newtab-search-border-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-search-dropdown-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-search-dropdown-header-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-search-header-background-color: rgba(42, 42, 46, 0.95)!important;
  --newtab-search-icon-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.6)!important;
  --newtab-search-wordmark-color: #FFF!important;
  --newtab-topsites-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-topsites-icon-shadow: none!important;
  --newtab-topsites-label-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-card-active-outline-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-card-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-card-hairline-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.1)!important;
  --newtab-card-placeholder-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-card-shadow: 0 1px 8px 0 rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-snippets-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-snippets-hairline-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)!important;
  --trailhead-header-text-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)!important;
  --trailhead-cards-background-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.1)!important;
  --trailhead-card-button-background-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.3)!important;
  --trailhead-card-button-background-hover-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.5)!important;
  --trailhead-card-button-background-active-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.7)!important;
 }
}

In Firefox 69 and later you need to set this pref to true on the about:config page to enable userChrome.css and userContent.css in the chrome folder.

  • toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true

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You may have to modify these prefs as well.

  • layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled = true
  • layout.css.moz-document.url-prefix-hack.enabled = true

Modified by cor-el

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I've edited my above reply and replaced the light theme vars with the dark theme vars to give better experience.

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cor-el said

You can possibly use CSS code in userContent.css to set the background color.
/* ABOUT:HOME - ABOUT:NEWTAB */
@-moz-document url-prefix(about:home), url-prefix(about:newtab) {
 body{
  --newtab-background-color: #2A2A2E!important;
  --newtab-border-primary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-border-secondary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.1)!important;
  --newtab-button-primary-color: #0060DF!important;
  --newtab-button-secondary-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-element-active-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-element-hover-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.1)!important;
  --newtab-icon-primary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-icon-secondary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.4)!important;
  --newtab-icon-tertiary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.4)!important;
  --newtab-inner-box-shadow-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-link-primary-color: #45A1FF!important;
  --newtab-link-secondary-color: #50BCB6!important;
  --newtab-text-conditional-color: #F9F9FA!important;
  --newtab-text-primary-color: #F9F9FA!important;
  --newtab-text-secondary-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-textbox-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-textbox-border: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-textbox-focus-color: #45A1FF!important;
  --newtab-textbox-focus-boxshadow: 0 0 0 1px #45A1FF, 0 0 0 4px rgba(69, 161, 255, 0.3)!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-background: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-text: #F9F9FA!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-background-faded: rgba(56, 56, 61, 0.6)!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-text-faded: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0)!important;
  --newtab-feed-button-spinner: #D7D7DB!important;
  --newtab-contextmenu-background-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-contextmenu-button-color: #2A2A2E!important;
  --newtab-modal-color: #2A2A2E!important;
  --newtab-overlay-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-section-header-text-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-section-navigation-text-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-section-active-contextmenu-color: #FFF!important;
  --newtab-search-border-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-search-dropdown-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-search-dropdown-header-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-search-header-background-color: rgba(42, 42, 46, 0.95)!important;
  --newtab-search-icon-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.6)!important;
  --newtab-search-wordmark-color: #FFF!important;
  --newtab-topsites-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-topsites-icon-shadow: none!important;
  --newtab-topsites-label-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.8)!important;
  --newtab-card-active-outline-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-card-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-card-hairline-color: rgba(249, 249, 250, 0.1)!important;
  --newtab-card-placeholder-color: #4A4A4F!important;
  --newtab-card-shadow: 0 1px 8px 0 rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.2)!important;
  --newtab-snippets-background-color: #38383D!important;
  --newtab-snippets-hairline-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)!important;
  --trailhead-header-text-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)!important;
  --trailhead-cards-background-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.1)!important;
  --trailhead-card-button-background-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.3)!important;
  --trailhead-card-button-background-hover-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.5)!important;
  --trailhead-card-button-background-active-color: rgba(12, 12, 13, 0.7)!important;
 }
}

In Firefox 69 and later you need to set this pref to true on the about:config page to enable userChrome.css and userContent.css in the chrome folder.

  • toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true

See:

You may have to modify these prefs as well.

  • layout.css.moz-document.content.enabled = true
  • layout.css.moz-document.url-prefix-hack.enabled = true


Not OP, but im trying to get this to work, but it doesnt

Edit: Nvm it worked

Modified by Andre