after uninstalling "No Squint" Firefox zoom is not saved
I uninstalled "No Squint" when I found it did not work as I wanted. Now Firefox (v.21) no longer remembers zoom levels of pages I visit after FF is closed and re-opened.
The "No Squint" uninstall asked if I wanted to restore FF zoom functionality - to which I answered YES.
After Uninstall I tried Windows RESTORE to return system to state prior to "No Squint" install, this did not help.
Tools>Options>Privacy>Clear History when Firefox closes>Settings>Site Preferences is NOT set, so as I understand it, Site Zoom level should be kept. I have tried setting and unsetting this to no effect.
Wubrane rozrisanje
Safe Mode made no difference.
In the end I got so fed up I restored all Mozilla Firefox directories from a 2 day old disk image backup (before No Squint was installed). Firefox ZOOM functionality returned, ZOOM level for specific sites now retained. This despite ALL Tools>Options being exactly the same.
Begs the question - what is the NO SQUINT add-on doing that seems irreversible even when it is removed??
Problem solved for now. I shall be more careful before I install add-ons in future. Thanks for your help Cor-el.
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Correction. The ZOOM level for a site is not saved even within a browsing session. If I open a site, set the ZOOM level, close the site & re-open it immediately it has lost the ZOOM level.
In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
- do not clear the Site Preferences
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.
You can rename the content-prefs.sqlite file to content-prefs.sqlite.old (or delete the file) in the Firefox profile folder to reset the page zoom for all websites.
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
See also:
- Default FullZoom Level: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/default-fullzoom-level/
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Hi Cor-el.
I don't clear site preferences, and ZOOM is not remembered even within a browsing session. I have deleted the content-prefs.sqlite file, this made no difference.
From the links you gave me it appears there may be a hidden way of disabling FF site specific ZOOM, maybe this is what NO SQUINT has done?? This refers to a very old version of FF though, and there is no hint as to how to reverse it: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419609
I don't want to install any more add-ons, I just want to restore the native FF21 site specific ZOOM functionality.
Thanks Petef
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing mode.
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
- Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"
I'm not
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
Wubrane rozrisanje
Safe Mode made no difference.
In the end I got so fed up I restored all Mozilla Firefox directories from a 2 day old disk image backup (before No Squint was installed). Firefox ZOOM functionality returned, ZOOM level for specific sites now retained. This despite ALL Tools>Options being exactly the same.
Begs the question - what is the NO SQUINT add-on doing that seems irreversible even when it is removed??
Problem solved for now. I shall be more careful before I install add-ons in future. Thanks for your help Cor-el.