If you want to view your Firefox preferences you can type about:preferences into the address bar or :menuselection:`Hamburger menu --> Settings`. To find something in settings search in the :guilabel:`Find in settings` box. The :guilabel:`General` tab has settings for opening Firefox after closing and the appearance of Firefox. To have your session restored each time you restart Firefox is to check the :guilabel:`Open previous windows and tabs` checkbox. To switch between which tabs you were recently using by pressing control and tab at the same time check the :guilabel:`Ctrl + Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order`. The tabs section has a checkbox to :guilabel:`Open links in new tabs instead of new windows` which is checked by default. The checkbox for :guilabel:`When you open a link, image or media in a new tab switch to it immediately` switches to new tabs when you open them. To confirm closing multiple tabs check the :guilabel:`Confirm before closing multiple tabs` checkbox. To not confrim when quitting by :kbd:`control + q` uncheck the :guilabel:`Confirm before quitting with ctrl+Q`.
If you want to view your Firefox preferences you can type about:preferences into the address bar or :menuselection:`Hamburger menu --> Settings`. To find something in settings search in the :guilabel:`Find in settings` box. The :guilabel:`General` tab has settings for opening Firefox after closing and the appearance of Firefox. To have your session restored each time you restart Firefox is to check the :guilabel:`Open previous windows and tabs` checkbox. To switch between which tabs you were recently using by pressing control and tab at the same time check the :guilabel:`Ctrl + Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order`. The tabs section has a checkbox to :guilabel:`Open links in new tabs instead of new windows` which is checked by default. The checkbox for :guilabel:`When you open a link, image or media in a new tab switch to it immediately` switches to new tabs when you open them. To confirm closing multiple tabs check the :guilabel:`Confirm before closing multiple tabs` checkbox. To not confrim when quitting by :kbd:`control + q` uncheck the :guilabel:`Confirm before quitting with ctrl+Q`.
To tell websites what theme to use use the themes under :guilabel:`Website appearance`. To use your system theme for firefox check the :guilabel:`System theme` button. To switch to always using a light theme on firefox press the :guilabel:`Light` button. To always use a dark theme for Firefox press the :guilabel:`Dark` button. To switch back to the default firefox theme press the :guilabel:`Firefox theme` button. To change your default fonts and colors use the :guilabel:`Fonts and Colors` section. To select the default font choose :guilabel:`Default font` from the field. To select a different font size change the :guilabel:`Size` field. To change the default zoom change the :guilabel:`Default zoom` field. To only zoom the text check the :guilabel:`Zoom text only` checkbox. To choose where to download files change where to download in the :guilabel:`Save files to` field. To always ask to save files check the :guilabel:`Always ask you where to save files` checkbox. To toggle drm controlled content check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Play DRM-controlled content` checkbox.
To tell websites what theme to use use the themes under :guilabel:`Website appearance`. To use your system theme for firefox check the :guilabel:`System theme` button. To switch to always using a light theme on firefox press the :guilabel:`Light` button. To always use a dark theme for Firefox press the :guilabel:`Dark` button. To switch back to the default firefox theme press the :guilabel:`Firefox theme` button. To change your default fonts and colors use the :guilabel:`Fonts and Colors` section. To change colors for firefox press :guilabel:`Manage Colors` button. To select the default font choose :guilabel:`Default font` from the field. To select a different font size change the :guilabel:`Size` field. To change the default zoom change the :guilabel:`Default zoom` field. To only zoom the text check the :guilabel:`Zoom text only` checkbox. To choose where to download files change where to download in the :guilabel:`Save files to` field. To always ask to save files check the :guilabel:`Always ask you where to save files` checkbox. To toggle drm controlled content check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Play DRM-controlled content` checkbox.
To middle click and then scroll by moving the mouse check the :guilabel:`Use autoscrolling` checkbox. To turn off smooth scrolling in Firefox uncheck the :guilabel:`Use smooth scrolling` checkbox. To have Firefox always show scrollbars check the :guilabel:`Always show scrollbars` checkbox. To always use the cursor keys for navigation check the :guilabel:`Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages` gicheckbox. If you want to turn off picture in picture mode for videos uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable picture in picture video controls`.
To middle click and then scroll by moving the mouse check the :guilabel:`Use autoscrolling` checkbox. To turn off smooth scrolling in Firefox uncheck the :guilabel:`Use smooth scrolling` checkbox. To have Firefox always show scrollbars check the :guilabel:`Always show scrollbars` checkbox. To always use the cursor keys for navigation check the :guilabel:`Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages` gicheckbox. If you want to turn off picture in picture mode for videos uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable picture in picture video controls`.
To tab on the left :guilabel:`Home` has settings for your home and opening of new tabs. The :guilabel:`Homepage and new windows` drop down lets you select the Firefox home or a blank page when you first open the browser. The :guilabel:`New Tabs` menu lets you choose :menuselection:`Firefox Home` or :menuselection:`Blank Page` when you open a new tab. The checkbox :guilabel:`Web Search` lets you toggle whether to show a web search on the Firefox homepage. To show the sites you visit the most check the checkbox :guilabel:`Top Sites`. To change how many rows of top sites to show use the drop down menu to the right of :guilabel:`Top Sites`. The checkbox :guilabel:`Recommend by Pocket` toggles links recommend by pocket. Uncheck the :guilabel:`Sponsored Stories` checkbox to not have sponsored stories from pocket. The :guilabel:`Highlights` checkbox allows site that you have saved or visited recently. To change how many rows of highlights are shown use the drop down menu to the right of :guilabel:`Highlights`.
To tab on the left :guilabel:`Home` has settings for your home and opening of new tabs. The :guilabel:`Homepage and new windows` drop down lets you select the Firefox home or a blank page when you first open the browser. The :guilabel:`New tabs` menu lets you choose :menuselection:`Firefox Home` or :menuselection:`Blank Page` when you open a new tab. The checkbox :guilabel:`Web Search` lets you toggle whether to show a web search on the Firefox homepage. To show the sites you visit the most check the checkbox :guilabel:`Top Sites`. To change how many rows of top sites to show use the drop down menu to the right of :guilabel:`Top Sites`. The checkbox :guilabel:`Recommend by Pocket` toggles links recommend by pocket. Uncheck the :guilabel:`Sponsored Stories` checkbox to not have sponsored stories from pocket. The :guilabel:`Highlights` checkbox allows site that you have saved or visited recently. To change how many rows of highlights are shown use the drop down menu to the right of :guilabel:`Highlights`.
