Firefox only works on new tab.

[NicTanghe]

Hello so this only works on new tab. When i open Firefox it's still the same old white background.

[deepjyoti30]

@NicTanghe Yes. Firefox has this weird thing that if you open the browser then a new tab is not opened and so the extension is not used either. I did try to check if there's a workaround but didn't find any.

[reesericci]

I found a workaround! I'll write up a wiki page for it but here are the steps:

1. Go to this url in firefox: about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. find the extension and copy the manifest url
3. Go into the preferences and set the homepage as the manifest url but replace the end of the url with index.html instead of manifest.json
4. You finished! Now go and test it by opening a new window

[NicTanghe]

i`d test if i didn't already just switch to a dracula firefox skin.

[reesericci]

Why does that matter?

[NicTanghe]

No longer using.

Because my whole desktop ect is now dracula themed. If i could edit the config in the right cick menu to change the color sheme id test it :D

PLz update description tho. (possibly integrate in addon.)

[reesericci]

If you manually build & sign the extension you can edit the CSS. That's what I did.

[deepjyoti30]

@NicTanghe I'll add theming options in the next release, a lot of requests for those.! @reesericci Thanks for the solution!

[reesericci]

The theming goes along with issue #12

[reesericci]

@deepjyoti30 can you put my solution into the wiki?

[reesericci]

and double check it :)

[deepjyoti30]

@reesericci Added that.

[NicTanghe]

(i know it's irrelevant to this feature request but does anyone know if this website works with vimium? My current newtab extension does not)

[deepjyoti30]

@NicTanghe I'm afraid you're gonna have to test it out yourself. I'm not an avid firefox user or I could've tried it out.

Also as of now, I'm adding some neat features like suggestions as you type on the search bar.

[NicTanghe]

Have you added the eazy theming yet ? if u did i wil test this out and report back to you.

[deepjyoti30]

@NicTanghe In terms of theming, the colors in the squares can be changed as of now. Other than that if you have any extra theming related suggestions, you can always open a feature request.

[reesericci]

Ok closing

[reesericci]

Or not

[reesericci]

@NicTanghe opened this one

[deepjyoti30]

Yeah. I'll close this once I make the next release or @NicTanghe can close as he wishes

[NicTanghe]

On next release I'll test if the fix works if it doesn't work I'll let you know.

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Yeah. I'll close this once I make the next release or @NicTanghe https://github.com/NicTanghe can close as he wishes

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[reesericci]

I use the fix on my firefox

[reesericci]

@deepjyoti30 can you make the wiki community-editable? The fix is for opening on new windows.

[reesericci]

I also found an easier way:

1. Open a new firefox window, and go to about:preferences
2. Open a new tab, and make sure that minimal-startpage is open and is the only other tab
3. In preferences go to "Home" in the sidebar
4. Under Homepage & new windows select "Custom URLs..."
5. Click "Use Current Pages"

Done!

[deepjyoti30]

@reesericci Thanks for that. I will update the Wiki with this way also.

[reesericci]

@NicTanghe close

[deepjyoti30]

Added in the Wiki