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The Firefox for Android Awesome Screen shows your most visited sites and lets you search the web, your bookmarks and browsing history all from one place.

The Awesome Screen gives you your top sites, history and bookmarks, along with the ability to search the web - all in one convenient place. Learn more about the Awesome Screen's features and how to customize it the way you like it. __TOC__ =How the Awesome Screen works= The Awesome screen has panels for your ''Top Sites'' (most frequently visited sites), ''Bookmarks'' and ''History'' (sites you've visited in the past). ==Access your top sites== {for not m26} Just open Firefox and you have access to all of the sites you visit most frequently. This list of sites will change as your habits change. ;[[Image:Top Sites 25]] If you'd like to make sure something always shows up here, you can pin it. *Tap and hold on a site and then choose {menu Pin Site}. A mark in the upper-right corner lets you know the site is pinned. *;[[Image:Pinned site 25]] {/for} {for m26} Just open Firefox to have the sites you visit the most frequently right at your fingertips. This list of sites will change as your habits change. ;[[Image:Top Sites 26]] If you'd like to make sure something always shows up here, you can pin it. *Tap and hold on a site and then choose {menu Pin Site}. You'll see a small push-pin next to the name of the site. *;[[Image:Pinned site 26]] {/for} {for m29} {note}'''Don't want to see your top sites?''' You can display your bookmarks, reading list or history instead. See [[Use the Awesome Screen to search the web, bookmarks and more#w_customize-your-panels|customize your panels]] for more information.{/note} {/for} ==Search the web, your bookmarks and browsing history in one place== The Awesome Screen gets its name from the fact that you can search everything from one place. *Tap the address bar or [[Using Tabs on Firefox for Android|open a new tab]] and start typing. You will see sites you've bookmarked or visited before along with web searches you can do. Just tap the thing you want and you're set. *;[[Image:Awesome search 26]] Of course, if you'd rather scroll through your bookmarks or history, you can do that too. {for not m26} *Tap the address bar or [[Using Tabs on Firefox for Android|open a new tab]] and then select the Bookmarks or History tab instead of typing. *;[[Image:Awesome browse 25]] {/for} {for m26} *Just select History or Bookmarks from the Top Sites screen or a [[Using Tabs on Firefox for Android|new tab]]. *;[[Image:Awesome browse 26]] {/for} {note}'''Tip:''' You can access your desktop bookmarks, history and more from your Android device by [[How do I set up Firefox Sync?|setting up Firefox Sync]].{/note} =Customize the way the Awesome Screen works= {for not m31} ==Customize your panels== Learn how to set a default panel or hide panels you don't need. #Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first). #;[[Image:android setting]] #Tap {menu Customize}, and then {menu Home}. #On the ''Home'' menu, tap on a panel: ''History, Top Sites, Bookmarks, or Reading List''. #Choose {menu Set as default} if you want to see that panel when you launch Firefox for Android or {menu Hide} if you don't want to see it at all. If a panel is already hidden, you can choose {menu Show} to unhide it. {/for} {for m31} ==Rearrange, hide or set a default panel== Now you can choose which panel to see first when you start Firefox. You can also rearrange panels and hide the ones you don't use. #Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first). #;[[Image:android setting]] #Tap {menu Customize}, and then {menu Home}. #On the ''Home'' menu, tap on a panel: ''History, Top Sites, Bookmarks, or Reading List'' to see these options: #*'''Set as default''': Choose {menu Set as default} if you want that panel as your default. #*'''Hide''' or '''Show''': Tap {menu Hide} if you don't want to see a panel at all. If a panel is already hidden, you can choose {menu Show} to unhide it. #*'''Change order''': Tap {menu Change Order}, then either {menu Move Up} or {menu Move Down} to rearrange your panels on the home screen. The panels would appear on the home screen in the same order that they appear in this menu. {/for} ==Turn on search suggestions== Turn on search suggestions to show related Google suggestions alongside your search words. {for not m25} *Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first) and check the '''Show search suggestions''' option. {/for} {for =m25} *Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first), {menu Customize}. Finally, check the '''Show search suggestions''' option. {/for} {for =m26,=m27,=m28} *Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first), {menu Customize}, {menu Search settings}{/for}. Finally, check the '''Show search suggestions''' option. {/for} {for m29} *Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first), {menu Customize}, {menu Search}. Finally, check the '''Show search suggestions''' option. {/for} ==Add search engines and choose the default one== Want to add YouTube results to your searches or use DuckDuckGo? No problem. #Go to the site of the search engine you want to use. For example, youtube.com. #Tap and hold inside the search box and choose {menu Add a Search Engine}. {note}'''Search within a specific website.''' Some websites offer their own search engines. Use the same steps above to add them to Firefox, and you'll be able to search a specific site directly from your search bar.{/note} Change your default search engine: {for not m26} #Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Tools} (or {menu More} if tools is not an option) and {menu Add-ons}. #Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose {menu Set as Default}. {/for} {for =m26,=m27,=m28} #Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first), {menu Customize}, {menu Search settings}. #Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose {menu Set as default}. {/for} {for m29} #Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first), {menu Customize}, {menu Search}. #Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose {menu Set as default}. {/for} ==Show the URL in the address bar instead of the website name== {for not m25} *Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first) . Scroll down and tap the {menu Title bar} setting and choose '''Show page address'''. {/for} {for m25} *Tap the {button Menu} button [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]], then {menu Settings} (on some phones you may need to tap {menu More} first), {menu Display}. Then tap the {menu Title bar} setting and choose '''Show page address'''. {/for} [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/LnnpCM]]