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Many users do not like the new print user interface, so they have been staying with the old print user interface by setting print.tab_modal.enabled to false.  Everything was fine until Firefox 97 removed this option.  Many users have complained about this on support.mozilla.org. I normally print to PDF and do not want a preview.  I usually do a "postview" to check the resulting PDF.  The new print user interface would just slow things down without providing me with any benefit.  The old print preview should be available for those users who need it.  I have reverted to Firefox 96.0.3. Please bring back the whole of the old print user interface, i.e. what was provided by setting print.tab_modal.enabled to false. ... View more

Hello, I am Samuel. Firefox is a magnificent product, but the password manager is quite weird that it is not password protected naturally, so I need to give it a primary password. The problem now is I need to input that primary password many times even though I didn't use the password. I know it might be designed for security, so can you integrate it with Windows Hello like Chrome, so I can use fingerprints or IR camera when I need to input the primary password? Or you can reduce the scenery where I need to input the password and make it only happen when I am using the password manager? Thanks a lot. ... View more

For example, say you have https://example.org/long/path open in a background tab already, and you want to open the same URI in your current tab, so you start typing example.org into the address bar. Autocomplete shows you https://example.org/long/path [Switch to Tab], so you scroll down and select it so you don't need to type the entire address with the long path into the address bar. Now the address bar says [Switch to Tab:] https://example.org/long/path, but you want to instead open the site in your current tab, and not switch to the already open tab. Clicking on the [Switch to Tab] icon in the address bar does nothing and doesn't get rid of it. Visually, the only option is to either hit enter, and thus switch to the already open tab, or change the address in some way that autocomplete doesn't recognize it as the address of an already open tab. The solution I found to this issue is to start typing in the address bar, which changes the address slightly, then delete the changes and it removes the [Switch to Tab:] badge, allowing you to just hit enter and open the address in your current tab. I don't think that behavior is intuitive or accessible. I think simply putting an exit icon like an x on the badge to be a good visual solution, like [x Switch to Tab:] https://example.org/long/path. Also, hitting the Esc key on your keyboard should also get rid of the [Switch to Tab:] badge from the address bar when you don't watch to switch to the tab. I attached  a screenshot as an example. ... View more

My idea is to provide an API for web developer to easily control how the previous and forward button of the browser works, make it easier than using history API or developed with spa framework, to enable some non-spa site can also make more natively user experience or working like in the app.  ... View more

When setting the Bookmark Toolbar to only show on New Tab, when you switch between a new tab and another tab (say, youtube for example) you can see the website adapt to the new size . It would be better to keep the sites at their size without the Bookmark toolbar in the background to not see this adjustment. ... View more

This idea is about an alternative financial model. The tag I've used for developing the idea is CSB, which stands for Charity Share Brokerage. The basic idea is that I could support Firefox (or FOSS or journalism) by donating "charity shares" in various projects. Let me start with a couple of examples: If a new feature is being considered, then the CSB would make sure the project proposal is complete and also hold the money until enough donors agree the feature should be created. At that point the required money is released and the project begins. After the project is completed, the CSB will evaluate the project against the success criteria in the project proposal and report on the results to the donors (and to the world, too). But since the development costs are covered, everyone can use it. If there is some service that requires a server, then that would become an ongoing-service project, probably funded on one-year terms. In this case, I think special incentives could be offered for early donors, though critical services should be funded several years in advance. (Support and security services can be handled with similar ongoing-service projects, but security also requires some contingency funding that the CSB will have to handle with special priority.) Again, lots of people can use it and the donors get the minor bonus of appearing on the funding page (though some might prefer to be anonymous benefactors). Lots more details (because I've been thinking about this for a long time), but are you interested? Do you have suggested improvements? Or questions? I have lots of possible answers... ... View more

When addressbar was redesigned, the main annoyance was (and still is) that hitting Esc no matter how many times only restored original address, but didn't "unfocus" the address bar. The only way to close it now is to find some empty space on the page (not even toolbar) to click or press F6 again.  While it's good that I can restore original address and close it from keyboard on F6 (not really intuitive), Esc remains the button for cancelling actions and closing modals/popups. It feels wrong, when it doesn't quite work like that on address bar. ... View more

When I search something I often rephrase search query or use other search provider. Sometimes I search for a correct bookmark in the address bar and choose the wrong one. If in the first case I can just use search input on page to change the query a bit, in others I must retype everything in the address bar again (or copy-paste it, which is still not that cool). It would be cool if the address bar could restore a previous search query (automatically, or by showing an option to restore it, like 'Go to tab' one), mobile firefox already allows you to change query from address bar and that is useful ... View more

Image to illustrate, "+24 tabs will help with choosingImage to illustrate, "+24 tabs" is to help recognize needed window I use at least 2 Firefox windows for work, those windows are placed on different monitors and different virtual desktops for ease of access, and kind of have different purposes (I suppose other people can group tabs using windows too). The problem is that sometimes I need to move tabs from one window to another. Detaching a tab, opening multitasking view, moving tab to a different desktop and then attach it to the second window isn't the easiest thing. There is an extension that helps with this - 'Tab Mover', but Firefox already has Move Tab menu, so I think that aside from moving tabs to start/end it could also offer to move them between existing Firefox windows, especially when it already offers to move tabs to a new window. ... View more

Regex checkbox in "Find In Page" tool. It would be cool for power users to be able to search text patterns instead of exact matches. It can be limited to EcmaScript implementation and have a warning tooltip about performance, but I think power users will be glad to see that they can search specific patterns on some pages (some codes with variable characters, multiple variations of phrases, different wordings, etc). ... View more

It would be nice if I would not have to set up all my search engines and their short codes with every new installation but could sync them just like my add-ons and history. ... View more

I'm personally a heavy tab user but have always wondered why there is almost no support for tab grouping or customization in the native tab bar in Firefox. I think making it able to group like Google Chrome does for example or at least giving more access for extensions and add-ons would significantly improve the UI in that regard. ... View more

I love extensions like Dark Reader that automatically transform any website with a dark theme. The way they do this is by injecting many new styles into the DOM, it works but there is two main drawbacks to this method : - there's a latency that makes contents blink - it reduces performances on some websites by a lot So It would be great if there could be a built-in low level solution (directly in web render?) that would swap colors on the fly without editing the page styles and thus would solve the two aforementioned issues. ... View more

Apologies for vague title. Some small but useful improvments when opening Manage Bookmarks (Ctrl+Shift+O) Make the Library default to All Bookmarks (instead of Other Bookmarks) Make All Bookmarks actually show, well, all bookmarks! (instead of what it does now)   Show number/count of bookmarks I would like to have the option to integrate the Library into a tab instead of a separate window (I made a post on crowdcity for this), this may need to be a separate idea submission though When adding a bookmark you get a thumbnail preview - could this be saved and used in the address bar or in bookmarks as a more visual way of browsing your bookmarks?   Thanks! ... View more

change encryption method for passwords with your own. ... View more

when you click on empty space near the tabs there should a option to restore last session when you open a new windows instead of no option ... View more

It would be great to be able to match the built in PDF editing tools that Microsoft Edge has, specifically the highlighting and drawing tools. This is one of the reasons I can't use Firefox for working with PDFs. ... View more

Currently, the autofill popup (either for addresses, or for credit cards, or even simple saved data) is being shown only on secondary click/focus on the input field. It would be a lot better to be able to customize this and show the popup as soon as the entry gains focus ... View more

Allow ctrl/cmd + shift + T to be able to restore not only the previously closed tab, but also previously closed session. Very often one can close the browser by mistake and then, when the user opens Firefox again, the same shortcut that is for restoring previous tabs will be very handy in this scenario. ... View more