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where is the homepage button, how do i return to the start page?

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how do i return to the firefox start screen, which is set as my homepage? cannot find a homepage button.

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More customizability is coming in the near future (maybe Firefox 16 or Firefox 17)

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The home button got moved to the right side of the address bar. If you cannot find it there, look in the customize window.

Thank you for the response. the only thing showing to the right of the address bar is the tabs button. Where do I find Customize? I’m not finding it under Menu. Sorry, my first Droid, it’s got me all mixed up I guess.

Thank you, but unfortunately I didn’t find a relative topic there.

I do not see a dedicated button, icon, or menu choice for this in the latest Firefox Mobile. However, since that page is loaded pretty regularly, it does appear on the Top Sites list that appears when you tap the page title/address bar.

Thanks, but unfortunately it’s buried deep within a list of dozens of Top Sites. apparently the app is adding every site I visit to Top Sites, which seems pointless. I guess it doesn’t matter anyway, I just discovered that I can’t change the Top Site thumbnails on the Start screen, and each of the four thumbnails are of different Google search pages. The Start screen is what attracted me to Firefox in the first place, but I didn’t realize it wasn’t customizable. Are there plans to fix it so that the user can set which pages to appear on the Start screen (similar to the desktop version of Firefox)?

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How to Set Up Home Button on FireFox Android [2021]

For years, I’ve been using Google Chrome as my default web browser on my Windows PC & Android Cell Phone.

I really loved the pairing of these two as I was able to sync my data of history, bookmarks & passwords in one place.

However, some recent security breaches forced me to reconsider my choice.

Then from Opera mini to the chromium web browser, I tried everything & at last, I settled on Mozilla Firefox.

Installing the Firefox web browser on my PC was easy for me.

I signed into my firefox account.
I imported bookmarks, browsing history, & passwords from the LastPass Chrome extension.
Changed the default web browser from Firefox to Google Chrome.

Everything was going as per the plan.

However, something unexpected happened.

I was unable to get the Home Button on Firefox. I know this is a trivial issue for many.

But for me, this was a time-saving feature.

Every time I had to go back to the homepage, I was forced to open a new tab or close the existing ones. In chrome mobile for Android, I could simply go back to the homepage & return to the same page.

Now, with no home button for me, It was all coming down hard for me.

I could simply switch over to another browser. So, why didn’t I?

Let me tell you WHY – You see, with the same browser on PC & mobile, I was able to sync data on both devices.

That’s not it. If you need a detailed answer, you can refer to my previous post where I’ve explained the A-Z of the Firefox Web Browser.

Therefore, to fix this one annoying thing, I started looking out for some solutions. And finally, I’ve found one. So, going forward in this post, you would hear about the same. Let’s get started:

home Button on Firefox Android

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How to Bring Back the Home Button on Firefox Mobile?

Years ago, when I first tried firefox mobile (Even before Chrome Browser), there was a home button at the top of the browser.

However, over the years, this web browser has gone through multiple UI/UX changes. And the biggest takeaway of this change was the removal of the Home button.

Now that I’m starting to use Firefox mobile, it’s time to bring back the same home button on Firefox Mobile. Here’s how you can do it:

If you’ve installed the Firefox web browser on your smartphone, launch it.
Then copy the following link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/home-button-for-ff-on-android/ as it is in the address bar and open it.
This will take you to the add-ons page of Mozilla firefox and from there you can download an add-on to enable the home button to your firefox android.
Once you’re on the add-on page, tap on the “Add to Firefox” & click “Install”
Now, from here onwards, open a new tab as you type in the following lines as it is about:addons and press the “Go” button to continue.
This will take you to the add-ons tap of Firefox Android. In this menu, select “Home Button” to toggle this option ON. Once this add-on is enabled, you’ve most of the power in your hands. From opening a new tab to closing existing ones, you’ve gone past everything that hogs up most of your time.
You’re not done here. This add-on further lets you customize your Android Home icon by choosing to use a bigger Home Button on Android.
Once you’ve done everything you wanted to do, press the back button to head over to the homepage.

This is how you get the home button right on top or bottom of the firefox android web browser. The best thing about this method is that you don’t have to restart your browser.

Additionally, going forward, this home button will surely save some valuable time for you as you navigate your way on the homepage of firefox android.

How to Temporarily or Permanently Remove Firefox Add-ons on Android?

Sometimes sh*t happens and you’re forced to remove or temporarily disable an add-on. And if you’ve got no choice other than to remove some extensions, here’s how you can do it:

Tap on the three-dot vertical menu on the right-hand side. Select the add-on option and once you’re there, you’ll see a list of all the enabled add-ons.
Select the installed add-ons one by one & as soon as you do that, you would be able to see two options: Disable and Uninstall buttons.
Now, it’s your choice. Choose either of the two options to proceed in the right manner. The disable option will deactivate the add-on temporarily. and the uninstall button will permanently remove the add-on (Unless you install it again) from Firefox Android.
At last, restart your browser to see the changes.

Final Words

I was super delighted when I got back the home button on my firefox android.

Finally, after putting in just 5 minutes of hard work, I was able to pull this off & say goodbye to chrome (forever), and enjoy the safest web streaming experience right in the palm of your hand.

That’s all for now.

Apart from enabling the home button on Firefox Android, if you need any help switching from Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox, do let me know about the same in the comments section given below.

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UsableHomeButton by Marat Tanalin

Button for opening home page of any current site, with menu with parent URLs, items for opening in private window, copying titles and URLs, forgetting site or page, etc.

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Pressing the extension’s button opens home page (domain root) of the site opened in currently active tab. For example, it’s easy to go from the page http://example.com/some/page/ directly to http://example.com/ .

The extension’s options allow to rebind pressing the button to opening the extension’s menu instead of opening the home page of the site.

In Firefox 72+, pressing the button while holding down the Ctrl key opens the site’s home page in a new tab, and while holding down Shift — in a new window. Pressing the button while holding down Alt opens the current page in a private window.

The extension button’s menu contains a list of hierarchical parts of the current page’s URL with ability to go to any of the corresponding parent pages, and other useful items:

“Remove query string”, “Remove hash (anchor)”, “Canonical URL”, “Minimal URL”, “Search in Internet Archive”, “Copy” submenu, “Open in private window”, “Delete the page from history”, “Forget the site”, “Browser’s start page” (Firefox 58+).

For details, see the project page on the author’s website.

Note for ANDROID users: availability of all features of the extension in Firefox for Android is not tested and not guaranteed.

Report this add-on for abuse

If you think this add-on violates Mozilla’s add-on policies or has security or privacy issues, please report these issues to Mozilla using this form.

Please don’t use this form to report bugs or request add-on features; this report will be sent to Mozilla and not to the add-on developer.

The developer of this extension asks that you help support its continued development by making a small contribution.

This add-on needs to:

Read and modify browser settings
Clear recent browsing history, cookies, and related data
Input data to the clipboard
Access browsing history
Display notifications to you
Access browser tabs
Access your data for all websites

* Soft hyphens are now removed when copying `TITLE` and first-level heading (`H1`).

* Hash (anchor) is now ignored when generating the “Canonical URL” menu item.

* Added support for URL minimization on sites:

* Removed support for URL minimization on MSDN because they changed URL structure.

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Where is the home button? Still no solution.

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There is no supported add on for

93.2.0 (Build #2015839747) AC: 93.0.12, e39f5dba3f GV: 93.0-20210927210923 AS: 82.1.0

That means I can’t have home button.

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We are planning to support more add-ons in a future update, but if you are looking for a home button, that should be with you this week in an update to Firefox for Android.

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We are planning to support more add-ons in a future update, but if you are looking for a home button, that should be with you this week in an update to Firefox for Android.

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Search by holding down home -button

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So, after recent update on FF Android, there’s on option to use search by holding and swiping up the Android home -button. How do I disable this? While it seems convenient, it goes on my way when I play games and such.

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EDrake7, you might need to do this from the Android settings.

I tried, but there is no option for home menu button configuration. I have Google Search disabled also, so it doesn’t cause this.

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