Questions tagged [firefox-extensions]
Questions related to extensions or plugins that enable, disable or extend the functionality of Mozilla Firefox
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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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How to copy source of web-pages with absolute URL in source instead of relative paths?
Summary
How I can to copy source of web page with absolute URL in source instead of relative paths? Preferable — Firefox, but any others solutions would be nice too.
Examples
Page: http://www....
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Inactive Firefox uses too much CPU (10% .. 30%)
On Ubuntu 14.04, I have a Firefox 46 with 30 tabs open. The Firefox window is minimized, I've been working with other programs in the last 3 hours. In top I can see that Firefox still uses between 10% ...
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How to focus addons icons in the toolbar in Firefox via keyboard?
To get to the addons on my Firefox's toolbar, I have to point and click on their icons to open their menus or dialog boxes
I want to focus these various add-on's icons that are actually in the ...
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Rectangular/box text selection in Firefox
Is there a shortcut for rectangular selection in Firefox?
I'm not talking about the table cell selection mode, but about a mode like in Notepad++ when pressing Alt while selecting (screenshot) or in ...
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How to lock Firefox tab to domain or URL pattern
I know Firefox extensions that allow protecting (cannot be closed) and locking (cannot change URL) tabs. What I need is an extension that locks a tab to a certain domain or URL pattern.
For example, ...
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How do I re-enable my unsigned addons in Firefox 48?
I already had xpinstall.signatures.required set to false, but Firefox just disabled a few of my addons anyway. How do I re-enable them? Some appear to be abandoned (though they still work) so I doubt ...
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How to use multiple tags in firefox browser URL search
I am using tags to manage my bookmarks in Firefox.
Scenario:
I have multiple URLs that have been tagged with more than one tag.
I want to list all URLs in the URL bar, which have only the mentioned ...
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Show if I have visited a website before
Looking for an app or extension that would tell me if I have visited a website before. I am not looking for a historical website tracker in a searchable form like you would use to track where your ...
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Different color backgrounds for firefox windows
I'd like to organize my firefox windows so that each window has a group of related tabs.
e.g.One for email, one for research, one for task tracking (using our web based task tracking tool)
So that I ...
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How do I get around resistFingerprinting setting my preferred Firefox theme to light?
In Firefox, I want to have both browser.in-content.dark-mode and privacy.resistFingerprinting set to true. However, the latter setting, as discussed in this issue, masks this setting and sets the ...
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How to download a website's source maps?
I don't want to write a complete script for this; there must be some simple way to download source maps. By this I mean go to a website (assuming it has source maps) in Firefox, open Developer Tools, ...
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user scripts like Greasemonkey are no longer editable in firefox 71 (they were working fine in the 6x version)
Just updated to Firefox 71 after not updating for more than an year. Now violentmonkey scripts can't be edited. Then also can't be switched on or off. They were working well in the 6x version of ...
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Provisioning browser extensions on Linux
I've always struggled with getting new Linux systems set up to my preferred specifications, and I've finally started to look into solutions for provisioning, saving dotfiles in git, etc. There's a lot ...
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How to backup/restore Firefox bookmarks in JSON format from the command line?
In Firefox I can open the bookmark management via the menu Bookmarks → Show All Bookmarks and use the functions Backup resp. Restore to save resp. load an entire bookmark tree in JSON format.
As far ...
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Is it possible to install my own Firefox XPI extension without signing it through AMO or at least without sending it to anyone?
I was looking for an extension that would let me change all fonts on a page to one font of my choosing. I found one such extension, but it only has a built-in list of its own fonts, and doesn't allow ...
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How can I toggle an extension action on Firefox using a keyboard hotkey?
Is there a way I can toggle actions on extensions using the keyboard, on Firefox? i.e. I'm looking for a way to map keyboard shortcuts to perform the same actions as when I click on extension buttons.
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Install firefox addon programmatically
I would like to either install firefox addons, specified by URLs or XPI files, to the currently active firefox profile programmatically, or at least to make them available (disabled, but listed in the ...
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Firefox - Extension Load Order?
I am seeing an issue with Firefox 48.0.2 where it seems that the order in which plugins are loaded is affecting my browsing experience.
Basically, I try to keep everything in "night mode" due to two ...
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Firefox: select item in long dropdown list using search
I have to select an item in a dropdown select list which has 4000 items (options) in it. Typing the first letters helps, but it would really help if I could use search for this. The default search ...
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Is there a way to export Stylebot styles to Stylish format in Chrome?
The whole story is this:
I hate Chrome's white background and when I open a new tab or click on a link, the screen goes white, burning my eyes up. Stylebot extension doesn't seem to be allowed to ...
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Open SQLite database with SQLite Manager
I have Firefox plugin SQLite Manager installed on my computer and have SQLite database.
Is it possible to open SQLite database by double click on it with SQLite Manager within the Firefox add-on?
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Is there a way to see and manage the data in my Firefox Sync account?
My Firefox has been slowing down a lot lately, gobbling up over 1 GB of RAM for only 2-3 open tabs. This is pure disaster on the old hardware I have at work. Starting it with a completely clean ...
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how to suppress Firefox addon updates window from being on top of everything?
Whenever Firefox installs updates, the "Firefox addon updates" window is always on top of everything (highest in the z-order of all windows of all apps). Although it lasts only 10-ish seconds, it is ...
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How to save as a PDF using the Firefox “mxt08-real/Export-Web-to-PDF” extension with the filename properly having the “.pdf” extension?
MacOS Ventura 13.6.3
Firefox 123 and 124b (developper edition)
I am testing the mxt08-real/Export-Web-to-PDF Firefox extension, which allows to add an icon to trigger the "Save as PDF" ...
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How to set dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to false except for specific websites?
How would I change the setting on a per-website basis? I really don't like when websites block me from copy-pasting my email or password into certain boxes (okay, I use autofill for the password ...
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Firefox: access a button that belongs to an extension using keyboard shortcut?
I have an extension that, when I click its icon in the Firefox toolbar, opens a pop-up menu with some buttons. I would like to assign a keyboard shortcut to one of these buttons. Is that possible?
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Remove initial pause when scrolling with arrow-keys - Firefox
Windows gives an initial-pause when pressing a key that can be altered, but I would prefer to not do this since it will affect more than scrolling.
An extension for Chrome does this; called "...
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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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How can Firefox's per-site Flash permission be revoked again?
According to How to block Flash again after mistakenly choosing "Allow and Remember"?, If you ever need to revoke a permission for a site, you can use the Permissions panel of the Page Info dialog.
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Tab Preview in Firefox ( Ctrl+Tab improved)?
On windows 10 alt+tab. I want this behaviour in firefox for quickly getting an overview of the tabs.
Firefox already has a hidden feature, which can be activated in about:config setting browser....
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How can I disable the blocking of non-essential Flash content in Firefox 51?
According to an article I found, Firefox blocks all "non-essential" Flash content by default from version 51. My company uses I/O modules to remotely switch certain devices on and off but ...
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True auto-login in Firefox?
Is there a way to set up true auto-login in Firefox? What I want to happen, is, periodically (maybe on startup, or once after signing in to sync), Firefox (or an addon) will go to all the login pages ...
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How to disable «Secure Connection Failed» for all visited sites?
UPD: Problem was reproduced for me in Windows 10 EN Enterprise LTSB 64-bit. I install Windows → I download browsers (more I do not download anything after installation) → I get same errors.
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Firefox repeatedly asks about installed add-ons at launch
Whenever I start Firefox, it asks about installing all the add-on which I have already installed. How to get rid of this problem?
I update my browser regularly. I also tried uninstalling and ...
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Force Firefox to run as non-Admin?
Some of my programs running as Administrator launch Firefox via a link they need to open. The problem is, this opens up Firefox as Administrator as well. If I need to open a link from another program ...
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Firefox not opening pdf files
I've been using pdf.js in Firefox for some time (Firefox 38.0.5 currently and Windows 7) and pdf.js was ok. However lately, I noticed that pdf.js isn't being opened anymore and instead nothing ...
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Firefox having trouble loading websites at start up
When i start up Firefox, I try to get into amazon.com or ebay.com and the loading is just unbearable, it takes half a minute to load both of them (basically it is the same on any big site with a lot ...
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Major FIREFOX Redirect Error Problem (Error Code 11156)
I would appreciate some help please. When I try to log into some website, im being redirected to the members only page (e.g. dashboard, main account, etc) but instead of successfully landing there as ...
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How to know which firefox addon is adding advertisement to all pages?
Recently I am noticing advertisement on every page I visit in Firefox. ( In chrome everything works fine ). Even in Stackoverflow/stackexchange I see advertisement ( Hover over text to see the advt) ....
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Is there a way to automatically synchronise the Speed Dial Firefox add-on at browser start-up?
I am an avid user of the Speed Dial add-on for the Mozilla Firefox browser. I use it on a number of GNU/Linux systems which all have access to a GNU/Linux file server.
Here is my question:
Is there a ...
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Firefox - A vertical tab addon that works with All in One Sidebar
I have All in One Sidebar (AISO) installed and am loving it.
now, I was thinking of installing an addon that would display my tabs in the sidebar in a vertical way. Also, this sidebar should ...
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right-click "mouse gestures" on touchpad
Most touchpads support drag-and-drop (dragging with the mouse left button) using a double-tap action.
Many useful software add-ons (like Firefox FireGestures) define complex gestures based on ...
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Clear Firefox history on exit except open pages
I would like to
clear the entire Firefox history on exit, except for
currently open windows, tab groups, tabs, pages so that they can be opened the next time Firefox starts,
by the click of a single ...
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Firefox plugin for quick text snippets inserting to forum posts
Is there any plugin / extension for Firefox that allows quickly paste (and create) small text snippets, e.g. signature for forum posts, piece of HTML code with embedded avatar, etc.? Having this ...
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Convert flattr buttons to privacy friendly ones on the fly using Firefox
I know how to block flattr buttons using Adblock Plus but I'd like to use Flattr so blocking isn't a solution. However, Im concerned about the button sending a query to the flattr server even before I ...
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Userscript to add website screenshot for each google search result?
Before the "preview pane" for google web search results came out from their labs, there already were userscripts to have a visual snapshot for each and every website in a web search query result.
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Rogue program disabled access to Firefox's "Get add-ons" and "Extensions". How can I get them back?
After installing a program called "FreeFileViewer", the program disabled access to Firefox's "Get add-ons" and "Extensions" options. To make matters worse, it installed the Yahoo! toolbar that I now ...
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Batch downloading available pages in Google books?
I am using Google Book Downloader addon to Firefox. It generates links to individual image per available page, but if I would like to download multiple pages' images using selecting the links and ...
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remember last view position of html in Firefox
I have a novel in html format and I would like to read it in Firefox. But every time I open it, it begins at the beginning instead of when I left last time. Are there any plugin to help me ...