Questions tagged [firefox]
An open-source web browser developed by Mozilla. If relevant to the question, also include the tag of your operating system.
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Cookies enabled but actually disabled
I have cookies enabled in my browser settings, but cookies are not functioning - in for example, trying to remain logged into websites (like Yahoo mail).
I usually run Firefox, but have noted that ...
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Is there any keyboard shortcut to switch JavaScript on/off in Firefox?
Is there any keyboard shortcut to switch JavaScript on/off in Firefox?
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How to sort tabs into separate firefox windows based on the domain name?
I'd like to see all my tabs from a particular domain in the same firefox window, even if I open a link to that domain from a different window (with open link in a new tab) or from an external ...
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Reset messed up certificate data in Firefox and Thunderbird?
I am running Firefox 7.0.1 and Thunderbird 7.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.8.
I was exploring/nosing around their Preferences, and deleted many Authorities in the Certificate Manager.
Afterwards I started to ...
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Remove Firefox Custom Search
I am using Linux Mint 10. I would like to how to remove Google custom search results page in Firefox. I would like to have standard Google search results page instead of custom search.
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How to install Firefox 4 silently with customizations?
I know that with Firefox 3.6, one could extract the installer, modify files such as "nonlocalized\defaults\pref\firefox.js" and "localized\browserconfig.properties", and then install Firefox silently ...
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Weird font in Firefox
I'm having this problem where my fonts in Firefox changed to this weird ugly bold one and I can't seem to change it. My font settings are exactly the same as they are on my other computer and that one'...
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How to install the new Firefox 64 bit
I tried to download the setup file at this link, but during installation process, I notice it still goes to folder Programs (x86), so I assume it still a 32 bit version.
Have anyone succeeded upgrade ...
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How can I get Firefox to open XML files in Notepad++ instead of in the browser
I don't want Firefox to display XML files internally, I want it to open Notepad++ instead.
I have had a look a the Tools\Options\Applications menu but there is no 'XML' content type.
I am using FF 3....
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Setting an external editor in Vimperator
Vimperator has a very convenient function — using an external editor for filling text fields. By default it uses GVim but I would like to use Gedit or Vim. I tried to add to ~/.vimperatorrc the ...
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Firefox is already running, but not responding
I am using two Icedove (Thunderbird) profiles. I am starting the profiles with following commands:
icedove -P "default" %u
icedove -P "test" -no-remote --class test %u
When I click on a link (URL) ...
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Firefox "forget site" functionality or add-on
Does there exist any add-on for Firefox for selectively removing history (cache, cookies) for certain sites only?
This would be useful for web development to clear the browser state regarding the ...
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Browsing cached pages with no internet connection [duplicate]
Back in the early days of the Internet, when 56K modems were considered state-of-the-art, when the modem was disconnected I could still freely browse the pages that I recently visited because they ...
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How do I add favorite/specific sites to the Firefox 3.6 jump list?
Using Windows 7 and Firefox 3.6: I have Firefox pinned to my taskbar, and would like to have some specific sites pinned to the icon's jump list. Is this possible, if so how do I do this?
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How to open a new Firefox window with Terminal
I am running Firefox v10.0.1 with OS X Lion v10.7.3
From the Apple dock, you can right-click on Firefox icon and choose NEW and a new Firefox window will open.
From terminal, I have tried
open -...
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How can I add my Firefox and Chrome history to Windows Search
How can I add my browsing history to Windows Search (in Windows 7)? Internet Explorer History is included by default, but I use Firefox or Chrome.
EDIT: If there's no way to do this yet, it should ...
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Navigate Safari/Firefox or Chrome using the Keyboard only
I would like to use my keyboard for as many things as possible and leave the mouse alone.
I wonder is it possible to use the keyboard only to 'click' on elements on a webpage as it is not always ...
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How to change Firefox's referer header for all http requests
When making a request for (for example) http://example.com/foo/bar.baz, Firefox sends a referer header indicating which page I clicked a link from, or is loading a picture, etc. Eg:
Referer: http://...
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Firefox go to very first page in history stack
I'm looking for a feature / shortcut / add-on that makes the current Tab go back to its top at the very first page that was loaded on that tab (usually google.com on my FF).
Reason:
Clean the tab ...
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YouTube not working via SSH tunnel proxy to a U.S.-based IP address
YouTube is blocked in my country. To connect to this site, I created a SOCKS5 SSH Tunnel proxy using this command and configured Firefox accordingly; 111.222.333.444 is a U.S.-based IP address:
ssh -...
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Auto save all visited pages in Firefox [closed]
I searched for this on Google, but I could not find it. So is there any add-on which automatically saves all the pages I visit in some cache, so that I can access them in offline mode also?
I am ...
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is there a firefox-like plugin container for chrome?
I just switched to chrome some days ago and I am very happy with it, but there was one thing with Firefox I really liked: The plugin container. From time to time the flash player hangs up and with ...
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Ctrl+F+Esc won't close find bar in Firefox
I was looking for a keyboard shortcut to close the find bar in Firefox 49.0 on Ubuntu and arrived to this question:
How to close the search box in Firefox with a keyboard shortcut when this box is ...
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How to make Firefox zoom more precision than 10% step?
Unfortunately the default Firefox 60.8.0esr zoom just allow 90%,80%,etc.(10% step) I want to set page zoom to 99%,98%,etc.(%1 or lower step)
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arrow keys stop working to scroll pages
Sometimes, the arrow keys stop working to scroll pages. Sometimes, in Firefox -> Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Accessibility -> General, the first checkbox, about using arrow keys to scroll pages, ...
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How to customize screen resolution reported to a JavaScript application by a web browser?
window.screen.availHeight and window.screen.availWidth values let web applications to know my actual screen resolution while I don't always want them to know it. Can I set my own values for these ...
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Soft version of NoScript [closed]
I'm looking for a soft version of NoScript, by which I mean a Firefox extension that blocks most of the usual crap such as google analytics, without blocking unknown stuff by default. Basically I'm ...
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How can I view a PDF in Firefox when the server specifies the wrong content type?
I am using Mozilla Firefox with a PDF viewer plug-in. The plug-in has been correctly associated with Adobe Reader files to view them in the browser in the settings.
I would like to be able to view ...
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Unicode play icon ▶ present in a page title is incorrectly displayed in my Firefox
Right-pointing triangle Unicode character ▶ (U+25B6), most notably used on YouTube, is vertically squashed on my tabs, title tooltip and in history in my Firefox 24 beta on particular Windows 7 ...
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Make KeePassXC automatically enter credentials
I happily use KeePassXC together with the Firefox browser Add-On on my laptop. My operating system is Linux Mint 20.2. When I open a website where I have to login, then the green and white key symbol ...
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Firefox Extension - Sort by Domain
Like many of you I overuse tabs in Firefox, currently I've about 180 open tabs (my record is ~ 800) and that reduces my productivity since I'm always browsing between them to find the one I need, ...
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Increase Firefox Speed?
Found a way to really speed up Firefox - I've implemented it and noticed serious speed improvements. Can anyone comment ?
Type in the Firefox address about:config
Accept the Warning notification and ...
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How are the Icons for "top sites" in the firefox new tab rendered?
When I open a new tab in firefox, I get the top sites based on my history, or based on what I select to be shown.
One row from that list of top sites is shown here.
Some are simply rectangular (eg ...
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Disable Tabbing in Firefox 3, Chrome 4 and IE8?
Tabbed Browsing may be nice for reading news sites in one sitting, but I still think they are a usability nightmare if you need to keep the page open for a long time, e.g., for testing it while ...
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How to make Firefox use TCP for DNS
I want to use TCP for DNS, to bypass my ISP's slow and broken DNS servers. I'm not using (and don't want to use) a proxy.
Note: I want to use DNS over TCP because if I use it over udp, no matter what ...
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Edit the URL of a bookmark in Firefox
This page on the Mozilla site shows how edit the title, folder, and tags of a bookmark. But not the URL?!
(source: mozilla.net)
Is there a way to tweak the URL of a bookmark?
I miss the easy ...
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How to use your PDF reader instead of Google Docs in Gmail?
I prefer Foxit Reader over Google Docs, but whenever I receive a PDF file over Gmail I have to either download it or view it in Google Docs.
Is there a script (or any other way) to open Gmail PDF ...
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How do I supply proxy authentication credentials in windows 7 or firefox 3.6?
I've configured a squid proxy which requires authentication on my home gateway. On a lan PC running windows 7 when I try to access it from Firefox I get a blank page; both chrome and internet explorer ...
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Babylon can't recognize text on Firefox & IE 9
Before I upgraded to Firefox 4 & IE 9, Babylon was succesfully recognizing text on those browsers. After the upgrade, it cannot recognize text anymore. I've played with the OCR Optimization in the ...
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Printer Font Question on Windows
I've got two problems printing out program listings on web pages from Sun's website, using Firefox in Windows, and was wondering how I might diagnose/correct the problem.
Here's an example page. The ...
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How do I force Firefox to remember a password?
There are a couple of sites that I use (off the top of my head, the Xbox Live portal and del.icio.us) for which Firefox will not offer to remember my password. Any ideas on how to force Firefox to ...
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Set Firefox to NEVER use Cache?
Can I set Firefox to never use cache?
This is for development, to be sure I am always looking at my latest work. (I might ask the same type of question for Eclipse/Tomcat too. Building a webapp with ...
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How can I make Firefox allow new tabs with an update pending?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have the same problem as Seph Reed, where every few days to few weeks Firefox stops allowing me to open new tabs or windows because it has an update it needs to install.
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Open a firefox new tab in reader view
I'm using Firefox and I like to use the distraction-free "reader view" when I'm reading some text.
My current process is right-click on a link, click in "Open in a new tab" and then click on the ...
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Website spits out PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR in firefox's incognito
So I have a site that uses letsencrypt and ssl works fine when I'm browsing my site in firefox. The moment I try browsing my site using incognito mode in firefox my browser throws this secure ...
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Firefox — How to open a link (to any text-based file) in Vim?
Rather often, I see web pages with links to files that I want to open directly in gVim (when browsing with Firefox on Windows). Chrome-specific answer — also good to have.
Attempting to get this ...
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How to flush Firefox storage SQLite database files to eliminate large SQLITE-WAL files?
I've noticed that the WAL (Write Ahead Log) files (*.sqlite-wal) associated with the SQLite databases (*.sqlite) used by the Firefox web browser often get quite large. They literally can get over 150 ...
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How to block annoying twitter search widget
this twitter search widget is popping up all around the internet. the animation is annoying me. newspapers think they are cool when they put this twitter widget next to their articles, but the ...
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Firefox 50.1 : Secure Connection Failed
For some reason Firefox is no longer loading the URL https://www.google.com/. When attempting to do so, the following message is displayed
Secure Connection Failed
The connection to the server ...
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How to disable the marquee tag (text animations) on Mozilla Firefox?
I don't want to allow any <marquee> tag on Mozilla Firefox.
I have created a new boolean preference in the about:config window with the name browser.display.enable_marquee and set it to false, ...
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