Kwatanta Nazarce-nazarce

This article describes the settings that are available in the '''General''' panel ('''Main''' panel in Firefox 3.5) of the Firefox [[Options Window|{for win}Options{/for}{for mac,linux}Preferences{/for} window]]. <!--Becomes the GENERAL panel in FF3.6--> The General panel allows you to: * Set what page(s) Firefox displays when you start your browser or click the Home icon * Set what Firefox should do when downloading files * Manage your [[Customizing Firefox with Add-ons|add-ons]] __TOC__ {for win}[[Image:7d2b6f2105f4be46854d797c3a948902-1258704906-845-3.png]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:7d2b6f2105f4be46854d797c3a948902-1260031510-886-1.png]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:7d2b6f2105f4be46854d797c3a948902-1258704906-845-1.jpg]]{/for} = Startup = * '''When Firefox starts''': Controls what Firefox displays when you open it. ** '''Show my home page''' - Displays the home page, which is set below. ** '''Show a blank page''' - Displays a blank page, which is fastest to load. ** '''Show my windows and tabs from last time''' - Restores the pages you were visiting the last time you closed Firefox. For more information, see [[Session Restore]]. * '''Home page''': <br/> Controls what page(s) Firefox displays when you click the Home icon on the [[Navigation toolbar items|Navigation toolbar]]. If you set '''When Firefox starts''' (above) to '''Show my home page''', the specified page(s) will load when Firefox starts. For more information, see [[How to set the home page]]. = Downloads = * '''Show the Downloads window when downloading a file''': <br/> Controls whether Firefox will display the Downloads window when you download a file. For more information, see [[Downloads window]]. * '''Close it when all downloads are finished''': <br/> If you have selected '''Show the Downloads window when downloading a file''' (above), this setting controls whether Firefox will automatically close the Downloads window after all the files you're downloading have completed. * '''Save files to''': <br/> If selected, Firefox will automatically save all downloads to the specified folder (such as the desktop or your downloads folder). To change which folder is used, click {button {for win,linux}Browse...{/for}{for mac}Choose...{/for}}. * '''Always ask me where to save files''': <br/> If selected, Firefox will ask you to select a folder for every download you wish to save. = Add-ons = Click {button Manage Add-ons...} to open the Add-ons window, which allows you to configure your extensions, themes, and plugins. For more information, see [[Customizing Firefox with add-ons]]. <br/> <br/> ::[[[[Options window Back to {for win}Option{/for}{for mac,linux}Preference{/for} window article]]]::