Questions tagged [firefox-quantum]
For questions specific to Firefox Quantum. Use [firefox] instead for questions involving Firefox in general.
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Firefox: how to copy URLs to clipboard with parenthesis as encoded characters, e.g. '(' as '%28' and ')' as '%29'?
I am using Firefox 119.0 (64-bit) on Fedora 38. I would like to be able to copy a links that contain parenthesis to clipboard from the address bar with them as encoded. For example, when copying the ...
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Automate a periodical "Minimize Memory usage" on Firefox
During many years using Firefox and forks and I've realized that sometimes Firefox gets slow and sometimes unresponsive.
Workaround, going to about:memory, and clicking on "Measure" button ...
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How to Set A secondary Debugging software in Windows 10 TaskManager Debug
I would like to know if there is a way to add a secondary
debugging software, to the right click context menu
of the TaskManager, Prefferably SublimeText Editor 3,
or any other similar software, ...
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Programmatically close all tabs in Firefox Quantum
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I can't find, how I can close all tabs in Firefox Quantum without any manual mouse clicks.
2. Details
(Details for preventing XY Problem)
I am working on several projects. I need always ...
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Meaning of the notification Firefox seems slow to start?
Hi Firefox experts,
When launching Firefox, it sometimes displays at the bottom a
notification saying "Mozilla Firefox seems slow... to... start."
Is this an official notification type within ...
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Firefox v73.0b1 about:config stopped supporting filtering in address bar
Before version 73.0b1 it was possible to filter about:config by entering in address bar:
about:config?filter=browser
After latest update to 73.0b1 this does not work any more. No preferences shown ...
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how to use ctrl + 1 to switch to previous tab in firefox?
I'm using firefox 71 in mac os, i'd like to use ctrl+1 to switch to previous tab rather than command+shift+tab, how to achieve this?
i tried an add-on called custom key but not working,
i also tried ...
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How to stop Firefox searching Amazon and other "Top Sites"
Today I discovered a Firefox feature that allows you to search within particular sites by prepending the search term with an @:
This seems like an implementation of the similar Chrome behaviour, ...
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How to import passwords from FF profile into another profile w/o overwriting files/existing passwords
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Set up a new workstation. I did not continue the old OS (Windows) installation, but instead started fresh.
Now, I want to import the passwords from the old profile into the new one on the ...
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Is there an extension to quickly clear / flush / invalidate the Firefox DNS cache (Quantum)
There used to be several DNS flushing add-ons prior to Firefox Quantum. Are any currently available? Is this no longer something that's accessible through the addon API?
Yes, I realize that I can do ...
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Change the font of Reader, Firefox 57
This look like a duplicate of How to change font of Reader View firefox? but none of the answers there work since Firefox Quantum
All points to userContent.css but none worked.
use @-moz-document ...
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after upgrade, Firefox 60 does not show checkbox on website
I have upgraded Firefox to Firefox Quantum 60.7.0-esr.
The new Firefox version does not show checkbox on a particular website:
for comparison, here is a correctly displayed website in Chromium:
The ...
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FIrefox is not rendering correctly webpages and messes with their styling
I have the default theme on Firefox 66.0.2 for Linux Mint. I have noticed that most pages don't show up as they should or as, for example, they show in Chromium.
Is this something widespread, and ...
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Edit Firefox multi container configuration
I have several containers configured on my Firefox and I have been using for a while, so container have information associated.
However, sometimes I was not very focused and I used the wrong one for ...
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Firefox has no back button after selecing Google search results
I'm using a friends computer today. When you select any link in the Google search results it opens the link, in the same tab, but the Firefox browser's back button is grey. I checked the history, and ...
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