This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

How does the "book" icon in the address box operate?

  • 1 reply
  • 1 has this problem
  • 2 views
  • Last reply by mluna

scottjarrett
scottjarrett
more options

Next to some web pages' addresses there is a little icon to the right that looks like a book opened to some pages. When pressing this the page changes to a different view. Pressing the Back hardware button will take you back, but I would like to know how if you've changed tabs and read other pages. Thanks for your help.

Next to some web pages' addresses there is a little icon to the right that looks like a book opened to some pages. When pressing this the page changes to a different view. Pressing the Back hardware button will take you back, but I would like to know how if you've changed tabs and read other pages. Thanks for your help.

Modified by scottjarrett

All Replies (1)

mluna
mluna
more options

Hi scottjarrett,

Thanks for this question, this is the new reader mode feature, that enables you to save web pages offline for reading later. There is a new help article that describe it at a high-level here View articles in Reader View on Firefox for Android .

Hope this helps, Michelle