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Pinning tiles without a pin icon

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epowell1601
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I want to pin a page as a tile that will show up when I click on a tab. The pages I would like to pin do not have a pin icon.

I want to pin a page as a tile that will show up when I click on a tab. The pages I would like to pin do not have a pin icon.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Are that websites that you have visited or websites that Firefox shows by default (directory tiles)/

You can change the order of the boxes on the about:newtab page and drag an item to a different tile to pin it to that position or you can remove a website by clicking the close X to block that URL. You can drag a bookmark or history item from the sidebar and drop it in a tile on the about:newtab page to pin this item and have your own favorites sites present.

Changes made manually on the about:newtab page are stored in prefs that you can find on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.pinned stores websites that you have pinned to a tile.
  • browser.newtabpage.blocked stores websites that you have removed by clicking the X button in a tile.