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migrated some customizations from the old wiki
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yoasif authored Nov 2, 2024
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Set ```browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs``` to **true** in ```about:config```

### Opening bookmarks in background tabs

You may prefer other browsers' behavior of bookmark menu bookmarks being opened in background tabs. You can do the same thing in Firefox:

Set ```browser.bookmarks.openInTabClosesMenu``` to **false** in ```about:config```

### Show bookmarks in a tab

Some other browsers show bookmarks in a tab, instead of a sidebar or new window. You can do this in Firefox by opening ```chrome://browser/content/places/places.xhtml``` in a new tab. You can also bookmark this page for easy access.
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| Show Firefox profiles as separate taskbar icons in Windows. | **taskbar.grouping.useprofile** | `true` (boolean)
| Load bookmarks in a new tab. | **browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs** | `true`
| Load bookmarks in a new [*backgrounded* tab](https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/fbjxd5/open_new_tabs_from_firefoxs_bookmarks_and_history/). Requires *browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs* to be set to `true` as well. | **browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground** | `true`
| Load contextual searches in a background tab. | **browser.search.context.loadInBackground** | `true`
| Always shows the Picture in Picture toggle. Firefox shows the Picture in Picture toggle on videos longer than 45 seconds. | **media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.always-show** | `true`
| Disable text to speech in reader mode. | **narrate.enabled** | `false`
| Choose a container when opening a new tab by clicking the new tab button. | **privacy.userContext.newTabContainerOnLeftClick.enabled** | `true`
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| Use a different search engine in private browsing. | **browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled** | `true`
| Disable opening the download panel automatically after download completion. | **browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel** | `false`
| Use the native OS print dialog. | **print.prefer_system_dialog** | `true`
| Do not select trailing spaces when double-clicking a word to select. | **layout.word_select.eat_space_to_next_word** | `false`
| Disable warning when closing a tab with unsubmitted data. | **dom.disable_beforeunload** | `false`

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