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Can Mozilla open my home page when I open a new tab?

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I'd like my home page to open when I open a new tab instead of tiles

I'd like my home page to open when I open a new tab instead of tiles

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cor-el
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You can middle-click the Home button on the Navigation Toolbar or hold down the command key and left-click this button to open the home page in a new tab.

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.