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I cant change tabs in prefences iMac 10.9.5 Firefox 38

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mattsky
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I open preferences it is on the general tab in the sidebar clicking or scrolling does not make it change looking to get to privacy settings

I open preferences it is on the general tab in the sidebar clicking or scrolling does not make it change looking to get to privacy settings
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Looks like a problem with the theme that you use that doesn't support the about:preferences page properly. You can check if there is an update or disable the theme and revert to the default theme.

You can toggle browser.preferences.inContent to false on the about:preferences page via a double-click to restore the standalone Options/Preferences window that you had in previous Firefox versions.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

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cor-el
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Looks like a problem with the theme that you use that doesn't support the about:preferences page properly. You can check if there is an update or disable the theme and revert to the default theme.

You can toggle browser.preferences.inContent to false on the about:preferences page via a double-click to restore the standalone Options/Preferences window that you had in previous Firefox versions.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.