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When open a new tab, I want the home page to come up, but it's something else. How do I change this? Thanks!

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If I click the + to open a tab, it comes up to a browser window that I don't want. I have changed the "home page" to what I do want, that didn't seem to work, even when I restarted Firefox.

How can I change the screen that comes up when I select a new tab? Many thanks in advance for your assistance!

If I click the + to open a tab, it comes up to a browser window that I don't want. I have changed the "home page" to what I do want, that didn't seem to work, even when I restarted Firefox. How can I change the screen that comes up when I select a new tab? Many thanks in advance for your assistance!

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A new tab opens by default as a blank tab (about:blank).

If that isn't the case then an extension has changed that behavior.

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A new tab opens by default as a blank tab (about:blank).

If that isn't the case then an extension has changed that behavior.

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Thanks to everyone who helped!

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this should be build in i see alot of people with this problem i want it to. you also can ctrl + click on the homepage button to open your homepage in a new tab. i downloaded the plugin for this problem but really would apreciate it if it was build in ! Plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-homepage/

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The whole new tab page is being redesigned - not sure when it is targeted for release.