Questions tagged [firefox-extensions]
Questions related to extensions or plugins that enable, disable or extend the functionality of Mozilla Firefox
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How do I map a keyboard shortcut with *more than two modifiers* to a FireFox extension?
I have a "hyper key" on my keyboard; which holds all of the modifiers (⌘⌥⌃⇧) at once; it's useful to map 'global' hotkeys that won't conflict with any (reasonable) application defaults or ...
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Removing a website from Firefox Suggest Without Deleting History
When using the search bar in Firefox, can I blacklist a specific website and its subdomains from Firefox Suggest? Basically I want to use the search bar without seeing results from a specific website (...
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Opening Links from Other Apps (Firefox Containers)
I have the Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension installed.
When I click on links in other applications, for example email, is there a way to choose which container it opens on?
Right now, it ...
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How to disable FireFox extensions through Windows Task Scheduler
I've set Task Scheduler to toggle various tasks depending on the time of day, such as setting Windows to dark mode at night and light mode at day. In keeping with this setup, I'd like to automatically ...
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Change new tab background image randomly from my own selection but keep the same layout (Firefox)
There is a feature on Brave browser that lets you upload a bunch of images and then whenever you open a new tab, it will pick randomly from those and use it as the background.
I wanted to do the same ...
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Can an extension installed on Firefox access data from another browser, say Chrome?
Forgive my lack of understanding with regards to browsers. I am just starting my journey learning to code and I am setting up a live server extension to practise html.
I am a bit distrustful of using ...
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How do I have separate devices open new tabs in Firefox in a Work/Personal Container by default?
I have a work device and a personal device, and wish to have the work device open all new tabs in the Work container while my home device open all new tabs in my Personal container.
I am aware that I ...
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Find which extension is using storage
My Firefox profile is getting quite big, so I had a look at where the space is being used. Most of it (>750MiB!) is in storage/default/moz-extension+++{redacted-uuid}^userContextId={redacted-number}...
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How do I make the extension shortcut the priority in Firefox?
I want to assign an extension action to Alt + T but even though it's set properly, Firefox is still overriding it and showing its own mini menu instead of activating the extension action.
How do I ...
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How do you adjust the left and right channel volumes separately in Chrome?
I know we have Chrome addons that allow to "tilt" the final output sound more towards left or right channel
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-dj/bfibdamncbfdindaeeecehmgkdjenjgb
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Firefox option to enable better search visibility
I sometimes have trouble quickly scanning all the "found" items resulting from a Find dialog in Firefox.
Firefox find appearance
In Safari, the page dims and only the found strings are ...
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Firefox: Is there any way I can backup all extensions and extension data and import it into other profiles, or import it back after refreshing FF?
Within the past few days, I've noticed Firefox act buggy and then got the message “The bookmarks and history system will not be functional … ” so I deleted my profile like it said so here. I had ...
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Extension with a native client - adding PATH doesn't work
https://imgur.com/a/1UzQ2fy
crosspost from stackoverlow. Noob in many ways
I'm kind of way in over my head here, as I just wanted to install an extension on Firefox, but I really want this to work and ...
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How do I automatically set the User-Agent of Firefox Developer Edition to be that of the latest stable version?
I want to make it so that Firefox Developer Edition will always report that it's the latest Firefox stable without having to manually set the User-Agent every time the stable version updates. Is there ...
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Edit Firefox's context menus
It was once possible to edit firefox's context menus by using various extensions - which no longer exist. Presumably firefox's APIs changed, so those extensions stopped working and were delisted.
My ...
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How to reduce the Firefox memory usage as much as possible
I have a small memory and Firefox is using a big chunk of it, I need to reduce its memory usage as much as possible. One possible solution is for Firefox to automatically suspend idle tabs.
First of ...
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How to permanently remap petadactyl keys
Using pentadactyl extension for firefox, how can I persistently change a key mapping. For example, how could I change shift+j to go to the next tab next time I open the browser? The command map J gt ...
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How do I list absolutely all of the extensions, addons, plugins, etc currently installed in Firefox?
How can I get a list of every single extension and addon that's been added my Firefox installation?
I recently discovered that many "search engine" addons are missing from about:addon and ...
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Can I give Firefox extensions the permission to work on the PDF-reader?
The PDF-Reader from Firefox is a protected page and can't be accessed by plugins.
I want to enable Gesturefy on PDFs but if there is a way to enable it on all protected sides or remove the protection ...
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How to block chrome://settings/ page from opening up in Google Chrome?
I have been using Blocksite extension for blocking a couple of websites for my productivity. It seems to be working but whenever I feel the urge to use a blocked website, 'Youtube' for example; I ...
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How to block firebox/about:addons page in firefox settings?
I have been using Blocksite extension for blocking a couple of websites for my productivity. It seems to be working but whenever I feel the urge to use a blocked website,
'Youtube' for example; I ...
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How do I set the default Firefox zoom level for *local* files?
Every time I open a new local file, the zoom level is reset to 100%. Is there a way/extension to make the default a different zoom percent?
It'd be even better (but not required) if I could set this ...
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Disable Firefox's tab unloading feature
Starting in v93, Firefox introduced a tab unload feature.
In a previous question I asked whether it's possible to disable this feature for specific tabs. (That does not seem possible.)
After using it ...
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How can I force nitter.net in light theme mode in Firefox?
By default nitter.net appears in a dark theme.
Appending ?theme=Twitter to a URL makes every page appear in the light theme.
Example:
https://nitter.net/elonmusk
https://nitter.net/elonmusk?theme=...
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Prevent Firefox from unloading specific tabs
Starting in v93, Firefox introduced a tab unload feature.
I generally like it, but it always unloads those tabs that are most important to me.
Is there some way - either setting or addon - to "...
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Allow firefox extension to run in private windows via policy engine
I'd like to allow certain extensions to run in private windows via firefox's policy engine. I found out that one can set this in extension-preferences.json:
{
"uBlock0@raymondhill.net": {
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How to change colors on webpage (non-owner) so chart elements can be distinguished ? (Firefox)
Is there a way to change the colors on one of the elements in ESPN's game flow chart, so it's easier to tell the two teams scores apart? (Why the colors are so close is mystifying.) Maybe there's a ...
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How to force-on an addon in Firefox?
Firefox recently banned RT news addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/blocked-addon/%7Ba53eff1b-c95c-4297-8ac1-66d60268f391%7D/1.7/
I used this addon to get access to news faster.
How can I ...
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Why do downloads that fail with error "NETWORK_FAILED" in firefox have the property "canResume" set to false? How can they be restarted in code?
I'm trying to fix the defunct Firefox plugin "auto resume downloads".
It appears that to restart a download, one can invoke (from a plugin or Firefox's plugin inspector console) downloads....
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How can I use the capability of a VPN extension of Firefox or Chrome for my activities out of these browsers?
I am currently using a very good VPN in Chrome (also in Firefox).
Is there any way that when I turn on the VPN, I can also use its ability in other browsers or for every internet connections on the ...
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YouTube Responds Too Slowly on Firefox Sometimes
Sometimes YouTube takes too long to display results for a search query or change to a video page.
I noticed the following warnings in the developer console. The first one shows up after a few seconds ...
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Where does FireFox store extension's data on macOS?
I've seen a couple related questions, but they're either Windows-specific, or out-of-date — my FireFox profiles/BLAH.a2rad folder doesn't include a browser-extension-data subfolder.
A couple specific ...
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What is this Firefox hidden add-on: "Add-ons Search Detection (addons-search-detection@mozilla.org)"?
In Firefox 95.0.1 task manager, I see the following item:
"Add-ons Search Detection (addons-search-detection@mozilla.org)"
with full permissions to all browsing and private tabs.
What is ...
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Is there a way to modify how webRTC works so to not leak my IP? (tfor example through plugins in the browser?)
question is in the headline - I just want to webRTC not leaking my IP, but I still have to use it. Is there any way through plugins - I have installed and tested a few, but I can't wrap my mind around ...
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Can a website "secretely "identify me by other ways than just IP? [closed]
How can website that limits downloads per IP "ignore" that IP is changed by VPN?
I really am not keen to overcome a such limitation, but I'm just curious how (or if) the website may act as ...
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How to edit a config in about:config via command line WITHOUT having to restart Firefox to have it applied?
I'm trying to automate a process and want to edit a config in about:config via command line WITHOUT having to restart Firefox to have it applied. How can I do that?
I'm under Linux. I tried editing ...
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How to prevent Firefox tab title from being used as window title in Windows?
I want the Firefox Window title to stay the same irrespective of the selected tab title. For example window name can be "Mozilla Firefox". It can be anything else too but it should not ...
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Enable all Firefox extensions in private mode by default
I am trying to enable all extensions in private mode in Firefox without having to go into each addon. Is there a universal switch (or extension) of sorts that does this in one go?
I tried this but it ...
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How to automatically unify and download the segmented videos of a website?
When I play the videos in a website, video downloading plugins in Firefox show that the playing video is broken into segments. Is there anyway to automatically unify the video segments and download ...
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Where should extensions be placed to be included in a custom build of firefox?
I am trying to create a custom installer for firefox which will include an extension that I created myself, however, I am unable to find the correct place to put the zipped extension file in the ...
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The privacy-focused Decentraleyes extension for Chrome and Firefox is supposed to emulate CDNs, but what are they really?
After reading the wiki for the privacy-focused Decentraleyes extension available for both the Chrome and Firefox browsers, I am still confused on what the extension does. According to said wiki, ...
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How to have seperators between tabs in new Firefox?
The new Firefox update (June 2021) is nice and minimalistic - however, I really dislike how difficult it is to make out where one tab starts and ends as there is no divider between the tabs:
I can't ...
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Company Websites Share Credentials - How do I sync credentials between websites in Firefox?
I think it's pretty common for companies to operate several internal websites, which use the same (LDAP?) credentials. I believe it's also fairly common for that password to need to be changed every 2-...
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Firefox: How to Create Shortcut or Button to "Manage Data" (cookies/storage manager)
I would like to have a button to take me here: Tools -> Options -> Privacy & Security -> (scroll down) -> Manage Data. (Load the cookie manager.)
I do this continuously, and all the ...
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Display warning on specific domain with firefox
Using Firefox 87, I would like have some kind of warning when I am on a specific website or domain. Like a parental control, except that instead of blocking the content, it just gives me a visual ...
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Firefox disable extension on local files
Is it possible to disable selected firefox extensions from acting upon local files starting with file:// as this might be security issue?
Any suggestions?
Google Chrome has this feature, unfortunately ...
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How I export my profile data from a firefox extension?
How I export my profile data from an extension?
An extension I'm using isn't working properly and I'd like to export my data before reinstalling it.
It's called onetab.
The menu on the top right ...
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Hiding navigation bar outside full-screen mode
I would like to have a non-fullscreen window of Mozilla Firefolx with a hidden navigation- and tool-bar. Is there a way to do this? Or alternatively, are there browsers that can do this?
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Firefox: How to "bookmark" page contents (for long articles to be able to easily navigate through where one has ended reading for example) [closed]
This is difficult to search for because the term "bookmark" is widely used as a bookmark for the whole page.
The functionality that I'm looking for is, like, a "traditional bookmark&...
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Need to force unsigned firefox extensions to be installed (2021)
As of 3 days ago (March, 2021), with Firefox v78.8.0esr (64-bit), I cannot install unverified (unsigned) add-ons [extensions] anymore. And existing extensions that they have deemed as dangerous I ...
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