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Tag: about:config

  • Firefox: Get more add-on search results

    When searching for new Add-ons, you are by default shown five results. You might find it more efficient to increase this number. In the address field, go to about:config Accept the warning Search for getAddons Change extension.getAddons.maxResults to 10 (or higher if you want to see even more

  • Firefox: View code in an external editor

    When you want to view the source of a page, it opens up in browser popup. However, if you want, you can make it open in your favorite editor, instead of having to cut and paste. To achieve this: do the following:   In the address field, go to about:config Accept the warning Search for…

  • Firefox: Auto export bookmarks

    In Firefox 3, bookmarks are automatically saved. The only problem is the way they are stored, as they are stored as places.sqlite, as opposed to saving them in HTML. You can change this easily however, by doing the following:   In the address field, go to about:config Accept the warning Search for autoExportHTML, which should…

  • Firefox – Tweaking the Awesome-bar

    The “Awesome”-bar, otherwise known as the address bar, has a few nifty little things you can tweak. First off, you can turn it back into a boring old address-bar. To do this you go to the (for now) awesome-bar, then direct your browser to about:config. In the filter enter browser.urlbar.maxRichResults, and change its value to…

  • Firefox – Change the close-button for tabs

    There has been so many discussions about where to place the close-buttons for tabs that Mozilla has created a config key for this specific option.   To access the key, open a new tab, enter about:config then press enter. In the filter search for browser.tabs.closeButtons. Change this value according to your choice and the following…

  • Firefox – Open mailto:-links in GMail

    I use GMail a lot. I also send a lot of emails, many of those originating from mailto:-links. Hence, it is practical to have mailto:-links open in GMail.   This is quickly and simply achieved by going to Tools, Options, Applications. In the search-field, simply enter mailto, then use the Action-field to select GMail, Yahoo…