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Firefoxes own pop ups

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how do I stop a Firefox popup requesting to install a Firefox extension?

how do I stop a Firefox popup requesting to install a Firefox extension?

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It is about this content.

<div class="offers" id="offers">    <div class="extension-browser extension-browser__firefox"> 

You can add code to the userContent.css file.


@-moz-document domain(www.rt.com){
/* hide offers */
 #offers { display:none!important; }
/* hide firefox extension */
 .extension-browser__firefox { display:none!important; }
}

In Firefox 69 and later you need to set this pref to true on the about:config page to enable userChrome.css and userContent.css in the chrome folder.

  • toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true

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Can you show a screenshot of this popup?

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Thank you for your quick response.

This is not a serious technical issue but only a matter of my convenience; but I don't like this offer to install the extension coming up so regularly, so it's more of an visual nuisance.

I hope you don't find this question a bother and waste of your time; in the grand scheme of things this is a small issue so I appreciate your effort.

Thanks

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It doesn't look like our popup.

Modified by TyDraniu

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Doesn't look like. Or isn't?? It's got your name on it, who would be doing that?

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I also us RT and that's from them wanting you to install their extension. I use Adblock Plus to block that element. Check to see if whatever ad-blocker you're running has something that can block the elements. see screenshot

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I've just been trying uBlock Origin and blocking any pop ups also blocks opening another tab off of that site so it's obstructive. I was looking for a work around.

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To Ty

sorry, don't worry about it.

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It is about this content.

<div class="offers" id="offers">    <div class="extension-browser extension-browser__firefox"> 

You can add code to the userContent.css file.


@-moz-document domain(www.rt.com){
/* hide offers */
 #offers { display:none!important; }
/* hide firefox extension */
 .extension-browser__firefox { display:none!important; }
}

In Firefox 69 and later you need to set this pref to true on the about:config page to enable userChrome.css and userContent.css in the chrome folder.

  • toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true

See:

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cor-el

Thank you. I'll try that. It's new territory for me but it looks appropriate. Live and learn.

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Thanks again, this solution is working well.