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tool:software:firefox [2020/05/02 22:15] – [Styling] double quotes seem to break the styles? Note on other syntax rjtfirefox [2023/09/13 19:01] – More tips rjt
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 ====== Firefox ====== ====== Firefox ======
  
-===== Config ===== +===== Configuration ===== 
-==== Updates ====+ 
 +==== about:config ==== 
 + 
 +An obscured, but powerful, method of configuring Firefox. You can edit settings by entering ''about:config'' in the address bar. From there you can search for settings and edit them. 
 + 
 +=== Bookmarks === 
 + 
 +In the 'New Bookmark' and 'Edit This Bookmark' menus that appear when you click the bookmark icon, there's a list of the most recently used folders in the 'Folder' drop-down. You can increase this by searching for ''browser.bookmarks.editDialog.maxRecentFolders'', and increasing or decreasing the number to suit. 
 + 
 +=== Dark Mode === 
 + 
 +To tell websites that you prefer to view pages in dark mode (or...) 
 + 
 +  * Set ''ui.systemUsesDarkTheme'' to: 
 +    * ''0'' = light 
 +    * ''1'' = dark 
 +    * ''2'' = no preference 
 + 
 +If you want your UI to be dark you need to use a theme. 
 + 
 +=== Tracking === 
 + 
 +Removes tracking extensions on URLs, except for [[google]] stuff :/ 
 + 
 +  * Set ''privacy.query_stripping.enabled'' to ''TRUE''. 
 + 
 +Probably better alternative is to use a dedicated extension. 
 + 
 +=== Updates === 
 To disable automatic updates you now have to do it though ''about:config'' :/ To disable automatic updates you now have to do it though ''about:config'' :/
  
-  - Enter ''about:config'' into the address bar, +  * Set ''app.update.auto'' to ''FALSE''.
-  - Search for 'update' +
-  - Find ''app.update.auto'' +
-  - Double-click on that link to change ''true'' to ''false''.+
  
 ===== Tips'n'Tricks ===== ===== Tips'n'Tricks =====
 ==== Address Bar ==== ==== Address Bar ====
 +
 You can narrow your searches by starting them with: You can narrow your searches by starting them with:
  
-^  %%^%%  | History | +^  %%^%%  | History | | 
-^  %%*%%  | Bookmarks | +^  %%*%%  | Bookmarks | A star, like the bookmark icon | 
-^  %%%%%  | Tabs | +^  %%%%%  | Tabs | | 
-^  %%#%%  | Page titles | +^  %%#%%  | Page titles | Think of [[markdown]] titles | 
-^  %%@%%  | URLs | +^  %%@%%  | URLs | | 
-^  %%+%%  | Tags, separate with spaces for multiple |+^  %%+%%  | Tags, separate with spaces for multiple | Why isn't this %%#%% D: |
  
-They're easy to forget, but there's a little add-on you can use to remind yourself: [[ffaddon>location-bar-characters]].+They're easy to forget, so I've added some [[memory]]-aid notes. There's a little add-on you can use to remind yourself: [[ffaddon>location-bar-characters]]. 
 + 
 +Also see the [[#Keywords|§Keywords]] section below. 
 + 
 +==== Bookmarks ==== 
 + 
 +If you want to import bookmarks I've made some notes on the syntax of the special [[html]] file: [[file_kinds#bookmarks|file_kinds§bookmarks]]. 
 + 
 +Handy if you want to make the list by hand, or made a script to convert from different formats or whatever. Figuring this out so I can import bookmarks exported from [[mastodon]]. 
 + 
 +This same format also works in [[Chrome]] and other browsers. 
 + 
 +==== Keyboard Shortcuts ==== 
 + 
 +^ Address bar | ''Ctrl+L'' | 
 +^ Bookmark | ''Ctrl+D'' | 
 +^ Jump to right-most tab | ''Alt+9'' | 
 +^ Move tabs | ''Ctrl+Shift+PageUp|PageDown|Home|End'' | 
 + 
 +==== Keywords ==== 
 + 
 +If you add //keywords// to your bookmarks, you can also go straight to those pages by typing the keyword. 
 + 
 +You can also use these for [[duckduckgo#Bangs|bang]]-like searches by bookmarking a site's search page/results and using ''%s'' to indicate where search terms go. A shortcut to creating these is to open the search page you want a keyword associated with, and right-click o nthe search box and add the keyword that way.
  
 ==== Reader View ==== ==== Reader View ====
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 ==== RSS ==== ==== RSS ====
-To add a custom [[form:www:RSS]] feed reader, so that when you click o nthe 'subscribe' button you can subscribe with your choice of reader, you: 
  
-  - Go to ''about.config'' +Firefox has dropped support for [[RSS]], it doesn't even render feeds anymore. You can re-add support with plugins, plus add some other useful features:
-  - search for ''browser.contentHandlers.types'' +
-  - Notice the numbers after them. What we need to do is look at the hiest number, and make three strings with the next number in the sequence. +
-  - So ''right-click > New > String'' +
-  - Enter ''browser.contentHandlers.types.[number].title'', then add the title of your reader. +
-  - Enter ''browser.contentHandlers.types.[number].type'', then add ''application/vnd.mozilla.maybe.feed''. +
-  - Enter ''browser.contentHandlers.types.[number].uri'', then add the URL for your readers 'add feed' function placing a ''%s'' where the feed's URL should go. This last part's the trickiest to describe, 'cause it's gunna differ for each reader. But I'll add examples below +
-  - Restart Firefox.+
  
-^ Reader   ^ String ^ +  * I use [[ffaddon>feed-preview]] to get the old RSS functions back. It renders previews of feeds, and puts an icon in the address bar when feeds are present. There are other add-ons that do the same thing. 
-| [[FreshRSS]] | ''[url]/i/?c=feed&a=add&url_rss=%s'' |+  * I use [[ffaddon>youtube-rss-finder]] to make it easier to get feed links for [[Youtube]]. Like Feed Preview, it puts an icon in the address bar.
  
-=== See Also === +==== Styling ====
-  * [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/2/Adding_feed_readers_to_Firefox|Adding feed readers to Firefox]]+
  
-==== Styling ==== +As an alternative to add-ons like [[stylus]], you can simply add [[CSS]] rules to the file ''userContent.css''. It's slightly annoying in that you have to restart Firefox for it to reload the file, but you can use Stylus or the built-in developer tools (you can load files in the 'style editor' tab) to preview things. For styling Firefox itself you create a file called ''userChrome.css''.
-As an alternative to add-ons like [[stylus]] you can simply add [[language:CSS]] rules to the file ''userContent.css''.+
  
 === Method === === Method ===
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   - Open your profile directory (for me it's ''~/.mozilla/[profile name]'') and create a directory called ''chrome'' if it doesn't exist.   - Open your profile directory (for me it's ''~/.mozilla/[profile name]'') and create a directory called ''chrome'' if it doesn't exist.
   - Inside ''chrome'' create a file called ''userContent.css''   - Inside ''chrome'' create a file called ''userContent.css''
-  - Added rules to this, enclosed within ''@-moz-document domain([url]) {}'' that references the site you wish to target.+  - Add rules to this, enclosed within ''@-moz-document domain([url]) {}'' that references the site you wish to target.
     * Instead of ''domain([url])'' you can use ''url'', ''regex'', etc. See: [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@document#Syntax|@document#Syntax]].     * Instead of ''domain([url])'' you can use ''url'', ''regex'', etc. See: [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@document#Syntax|@document#Syntax]].
 +    * For ''userChrome.css'' you don't need the ''@-moz-document'' stuff, just add the rules like normal.
  
-== Example ==+=== Examples ===
  
-<code>@-moz-document domain(wiki.ryliejamesthomas.net) { +== Hide useless search results == 
- body { + 
- background-color:red;+<code>@-moz-document domain(duckduckgo.com) { 
 + .result[data-domain="www.w3schools.com"] { 
 + display:none;
  }  }
 }</code> }</code>
 +
 +=== See Also ===
 +
 +  * https://www.userchrome.org/
 +  * https://old.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS
 +
 +==== Sundry ====
 +
 +  * You can middle click on the reload page button (↻) to duplicate the current tab. Way easier than having to right-click on the tab and select it from the menu.
 +  * You can select multiple tabs with ''Ctrl'' and ''Shift'' clicking like you would in other programs.
  
 ===== Troubleshooting ===== ===== Troubleshooting =====
 +
 ==== Browser works, pages don't load ==== ==== Browser works, pages don't load ====
 +
 Sometimes after a crash Firefox will start-up just fine, but pages won't load. Deleting ''~/.cache/mozilla'' seems to fix it. Sometimes after a crash Firefox will start-up just fine, but pages won't load. Deleting ''~/.cache/mozilla'' seems to fix it.
  
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 <code bash>alias fix-firefox='rm -rf ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox'</code> <code bash>alias fix-firefox='rm -rf ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox'</code>
  
-{{tag>fixes "web browser" bash}}+===== See Also ===== 
 +  * [[github>mozilla/readability]] - Standalone version of the reader mode. 
 + 
 +{{tag>bash fixes software web-browser}}
firefox.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/08 14:02 by rjt