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Is there a way to make the first Firefox tab a permanent, blank, fixed tab??

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I would prefer, as the title implies, LIKE to have my first Firefox tab be a fixed permanent blank tab. In other words, It would never assume the address of the first site I type or click on in the address field, but would act as "an anchor" tab. Is this at all possible??

I would prefer, as the title implies, LIKE to have my first Firefox tab be a fixed permanent blank tab. In other words, It would never assume the address of the first site I type or click on in the address field, but would act as "an anchor" tab. Is this at all possible??

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You can set the browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab pref to false on the about:config page to prevent closing the last tab from closing that window and make a close button appear if only one tab is open.

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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See - How to set the homepage Then set about:blank as Home Page, with Show my home page selected.

Or you can select Show a blank page from "When Firefox starts:"

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You can set the browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab pref to false on the about:config page to prevent closing the last tab from closing that window and make a close button appear if only one tab is open.

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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Hello Cor-el, many thanks for your reply... I'm going to give this a shot. I seem to remember an add-on extension for doing what I wantto do which was available for a much earlier Firefox version. It may seem lazy, but when I'm in "go mode" while in Firefox I really would appreciate (and earlier appreciated) that fixed blank tab!