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new tab page as home?

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pctechtv
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I love the new tab page, can I set that to what I see when I click home? I just tried to set the home page to "browser.newtab.url" (I did not think the browser object could work there but just tried it). It would be great if I could make the defualt home page show on start but when I click the home button I would like "browser.newtab.url". Thanks

I love the new tab page, can I set that to what I see when I click home? I just tried to set the home page to "browser.newtab.url" (I did not think the browser object could work there but just tried it). It would be great if I could make the defualt home page show on start but when I click the home button I would like "browser.newtab.url". Thanks
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the-edmeister
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Use about:newtab

philipp
philipp
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hello pctechtv, you might want to set the homepage to about:newtab when you want to see the new tab page instead.

when you want to launch the homepage on start of the browser nevertheless try this workaround: right-click the shortcut you're using to open firefox, go to properties > shortcut and at the end of the target line append "about:home" after the path to firefox.exe

cor-el
cor-el
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browser.newtab.url is the name of the pref that sets the new tab page (i.e. its value matters).

The home page you can set via the Options/Preferences > General tab, so no need to modify prefs here (browser.startup.homepage).

  • Tools > Options > General > Startup: Home page

Note that Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.

See also this article about the New Tab page (about:newtab):