Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

I use the tiles on new tab as Bookmarks, can you add more tiles?

  • 3 replies
  • 2 have this problem
  • 6 views
  • Last reply by OverTree27

more options

I find the Bookmarks in Firefox to be reprehensible and incomprehensible, so I use the tiles on the new tab pages as my bookmarks. Can you devise a way to add more tiles to the page?

I find the Bookmarks in Firefox to be reprehensible and incomprehensible, so I use the tiles on the new tab pages as my bookmarks. Can you devise a way to add more tiles to the page?

Chosen solution

By default, Firefox prepares 15 tiles for the new tab page (3 rows with 5 tiles each). However, many users have a zoom level + screen size where it's more common to see 8 tiles (2 rows with 4 tiles each). The add-on probably is the easiest solution, but if you do not want to install an add-on for this, you can make some settings changes and adjust the zoom level on the page to fit more tiles.

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste newt and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.newtab.preload preference to switch the value from true to false -- this helped in older versions with Firefox remembering the desired zoom level on the new tab page

(4) To add more rows of tiles, double-click the browser.newtabpage.rows preference and enter the desired value (default is 3)

(5) To add more tiles per row, double-click the browser.newtabpage.columns preference and enter the desired value (default is 5)

Read this answer in context 👍 6

All Replies (3)

more options

Hello,

Maybe you'll find this helpful:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/

You could also take a look at this:

http://mzl.la/1Uuh6Bv

Modified by Happy112

more options

Chosen Solution

By default, Firefox prepares 15 tiles for the new tab page (3 rows with 5 tiles each). However, many users have a zoom level + screen size where it's more common to see 8 tiles (2 rows with 4 tiles each). The add-on probably is the easiest solution, but if you do not want to install an add-on for this, you can make some settings changes and adjust the zoom level on the page to fit more tiles.

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste newt and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.newtab.preload preference to switch the value from true to false -- this helped in older versions with Firefox remembering the desired zoom level on the new tab page

(4) To add more rows of tiles, double-click the browser.newtabpage.rows preference and enter the desired value (default is 3)

(5) To add more tiles per row, double-click the browser.newtabpage.columns preference and enter the desired value (default is 5)

more options

Thanks for your help, will look into it.