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I have 2 tabs open on startup

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lridinger
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I opened up bookmarks on side bar. Now when I start up 2 tabs now are open. My home page takes up 2/3 of screen and other tab is in sidebar area. I do not want this. If I open another bookmark they always go in sidebar. I would rather have them open in new tab. Please advise

I opened up bookmarks on side bar. Now when I start up 2 tabs now are open. My home page takes up 2/3 of screen and other tab is in sidebar area. I do not want this. If I open another bookmark they always go in sidebar. I would rather have them open in new tab. Please advise

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cor-el
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If you close the sidebar then this bar should stay closed when you restart Firefox.

  • View > Sidebar > Bookmarks

You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file.

Note that current Firefox releases have a Sidebars toolbar button in the Customize palette.

Opening in the sidebar is the default for bookmarks that are created via a link or button on a website. You can check the properties of a bookmark via the right-click context menu in the sidebar (Ctrl+B; Command+B on Mac). In the Bookmarks Manager (Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks) you can click the More button in the Details pane at the bottom right. Make sure that "Load this bookmark in the sidebar" is not selected.

Modified by cor-el