Firefox Reader View for clutter-free web pages

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Reader View is a Firefox feature that strips away clutter like buttons, ads and background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability. Reader View settings are easily customizable to fit your reading preferences.

View a page in Reader View

  1. If a page is available in Reader View, the Reader View icon reader mode icon 57 will appear in the address bar.
    reading mode url 57
  2. Click on the Reader View icon reader mode icon 57. The icon will turn blue when the page is in Reader View.
Tip: If a page is available in Reader View, you can also access Reader View from the Menu bar when the Menu bar is enabled, by clicking View then Enter Reader View. Alternatively, you can press the keys Ctrl + Alt + Rkey F9keys command + option + R to toggle Reader View.

Modify Reader View settings

Options will appear to the left when you view a page in Reader View:

Fx84ReaderViewSettings

Reader View options:

Fx84RV-exit : Exit Reader View.
Fx84RV-font : Adjust the text size, font, line spacing and contrast in Reader View.

Fx84RV-listen : Have Firefox read an article out loud in Reader View.
This option will show up only if WindowsmacOSLinux has Text-to-speech information in the language that the article is in.
Fx84RV-pocket : Add a page to Pocket.
Firefox for Android: Reader View is also available on Firefox for Android. See View articles in Reader View on Firefox for Android.
Firefox for iOS: Reader View is also available on Firefox for iOS. See View web pages in Reader View.