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Reader View in Firefox helps you strip away clutter like buttons, ads, background images and videos, providing a clean and customizable reading experience. Here’s how to use it:
View a page in Reader View
- If a page is available in Reader View, the Reader View icon
will appear in the address bar.
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- Click on the Reader View icon
; a blue icon
indicates the feature is currently active.
Tip: If a page is available in Reader View, you can also access Reader View from the Menu bar when the Menu bar is enabled, by clicking then . Alternatively, you can press the keys Ctrl + Alt + Rkey F9keys Command + Option + R to toggle Reader View.
Reader View settings
Once in Reader View, you can customize the layout to fit your preferences. Options are available on the left side of the article content:
Modify Reader View settings
Exit: To exit Reader View, simply click the cross button, click the Reader View icon again or use the back button on your browser.
Text: Adjust the layout (text font and size, content width, line height) and theme (light, sepia, dark) in Reader View.
Text: Once in Reader View, you can customize the layout to fit your preferences:
- Text Size: Click the or buttons to decrease or increase the text size.
- Font Style: Choose between , and fonts. Adjust the font weight as , or .
- Layout Options: Adjust the content width and line spacing to make the text more comfortable to read.
- Advanced Options: Customize character spacing, word spacing and text alignment.
Theme: Select between , , , , and backgrounds to change the appearance of the page, or create your custom theme.
Read aloud: Have Firefox read an article out loud in Reader View.
- This option will show up only if WindowsmacOSLinux has Text-to-speech information in the language that the article is in.
Save to Pocket: Add a page to Pocket.
Firefox for Android: Reader View is also available on Firefox for Android. See View articles in Reader View on Firefox for Android.
Firefox for iOS: Reader View is also available on Firefox for iOS. See View web pages in Reader View.