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new tab home page

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bladefire
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How do you set a new home page on a new tab, I when to "about:Config" then om the search bar "browser.newtab.url " but I don't see that file/link anywhere??. Also when I open mozilla and start typing it does not automatically go to the google search bar on there home page but instead it appears on the address bar what is going on??

Hi How do you set a new home page on a new tab, I when to "about:Config" then om the search bar "browser.newtab.url " but I don't see that file/link anywhere??. Also when I open mozilla and start typing it does not automatically go to the google search bar on there home page but instead it appears on the address bar what is going on??

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cor-el
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The browser.newtab.url pref is no longer supported in Firefox (41+), so it is no longer possible to set the new tab page via this pref.

You can look at this extension to set the new tab page:

You can set the new tab URL via the Options/Preferences of the extension on the about:addons page.

You can look at this extension if you use the home page as the new tab page.

Classic Theme Restorer includes this feature as well. You find "New tab page url" in the Tabs (2) section.

You can use pages like these:

  • the default new tab page with the tiles is about:newtab
  • the default home page is about:home
  • for a blank page use about:blank
  • for Super Start use about:superstart
  • use the URL of a web page

See the about:about page for available about pages.