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When setting my preferrences to "use current pages" it includes the settings/preferences tab. Shouldn't that be filtered out?

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rmeus
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I don't expect anyone would want to load about:preferences# at startup? When I set my home page(s) am asking if 'about:preferences' shouldn't be filtered out automatically. Thanks

I don't expect anyone would want to load about:preferences# at startup? When I set my home page(s) am asking if 'about:preferences' shouldn't be filtered out automatically. Thanks

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cor-el
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That is how the button in "Options/Preferences > General" works. All pages that are currently open in tabs are included and you see "Use Current Pages" (plural) when more than one tab is open. With one tab open you see "Use Current Page" You can drag the globe/padlock on to the toolbar Home button to set a single page as the home page.

the-edmeister
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rmeus,

I would call it a Bug - see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1043586 which was filed on the Fx34 Branch when the in-content stuff was starting to be rolled-out.

I see that happening, too. Any chance that you were using browser.preferences.inContent set to False in the past, like since Firefox 38? I wonder if using that pref before Firefox 42 is messing things up now?

the-edmeister
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Well, I was using that browser.preferences.inContent pref from Fx 38 thru Fx41 and found that pref stuck in my prefs.js file . Cleared that pref and no change - Use Current Pages still sets that as one of my homepages.

In conclusion, if it isn't a Bug it's sloppy programming. As you asked - why would a user want preferences as one of their homepages?

cor-el
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Try to pin the about:preferences page via the right-click context menu of the Tab bar when you set the Home page via "Use Current Page(s)" to avoid including the about:preferences page. That seems to work for me.