39 votes

Firefox/Tweaks - Arch Linux Wiki

12 comments

  1. [2]
    xk3
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    Somehow I stumbled upon this page earlier and fixed quite a few very minor annoyances that have been bothering me for YEARS!! lol... I'm sure you'll find one or two as well There's also another...

    Somehow I stumbled upon this page earlier and fixed quite a few very minor annoyances that have been bothering me for YEARS!! lol... I'm sure you'll find one or two as well

    There's also another page with a similar name: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Tips_and_tricks

    Here are the ones that I found recently:

    • layout.testing.overlay-scrollbars.always-visible = true
    • layout.css.scrollbar-width-thin.disabled = true
    • widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style = 3
    • widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override = 12
    • ui.context_menus.after_mouseup = true
    • middlemouse.paste = false
    • browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false
    • extensions.pocket.enabled = false
    21 votes
    1. 0x29A
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      These scrollbar ones are nice. I hate the super tiny scrollbars that are hard to find/hover sometimes.

      These scrollbar ones are nice. I hate the super tiny scrollbars that are hard to find/hover sometimes.

      3 votes
  2. [7]
    0d_billie
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    I don't use Arch any more, but I still use their Wiki all the time. It is a truly wondrous thing; consistently detailed and well written. It doesn't hold your hand much, but I like that. It makes...

    I don't use Arch any more, but I still use their Wiki all the time. It is a truly wondrous thing; consistently detailed and well written. It doesn't hold your hand much, but I like that. It makes it much easier to get to the information I'm actually after.

    20 votes
    1. macleod
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      The great thing is that as Arch is a rather bare minimum operating system, nearly everything included is useful for the entirety of the Linux ecosystem.

      The great thing is that as Arch is a rather bare minimum operating system, nearly everything included is useful for the entirety of the Linux ecosystem.

      10 votes
    2. [4]
      Rudism
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      The Arch wiki has solved so many issues and answered so many questions for me both when I was actually using Arch and even now using Void. I've boosted their url on my default Kagi profile and...

      The Arch wiki has solved so many issues and answered so many questions for me both when I was actually using Arch and even now using Void. I've boosted their url on my default Kagi profile and often when I need help with a specific linux package I'll search "[package name] arch" almost as a second nature. Their package repository and especially the AUR is also extremely helpful any time I'm trying to compile something from source that isn't available in the Void repos, because you can look at their PKGBUILD files to see what the dependencies are and any special patches or tweaks needed to get it compiling.

      2 votes
      1. [3]
        frowns
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        I don’t know about Kagi, but for DDG users you can use !aw at the beginning of your search to search to automatically search the Arch Wiki. Same idea as “[package name] arch” but saves you a click...

        I don’t know about Kagi, but for DDG users you can use !aw at the beginning of your search to search to automatically search the Arch Wiki. Same idea as “[package name] arch” but saves you a click in the search results if you’re specific enough in your search term. For example, searching “!aw wifi” in DDG navigates straight here, with no DDG or Arch Wiki result page in between.

        2 votes
        1. [2]
          MetaMoss
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          I can confirm that !aw also works on Kagi.

          I can confirm that !aw also works on Kagi.

          2 votes
    3. Pavouk106
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      I use Gentoo. And for help, I go to Arch wiki. It is superb and if the problem is not specific to your distro, you will find the solution there. It really is great!

      I use Gentoo. And for help, I go to Arch wiki. It is superb and if the problem is not specific to your distro, you will find the solution there. It really is great!

  3. macleod
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    Fascinating, I hadn't realize that you can disable the disk cache.

    Fascinating, I hadn't realize that you can disable the disk cache.

    2 votes
  4. tomf
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    I need to put this somewhere... and its relevant to this. in your userChrome.css #vertical-pinned-tabs-container { max-height: calc(10 * var(--tabstrip-min-height) + var(--space-large))...

    I need to put this somewhere... and its relevant to this.

    in your userChrome.css

    #vertical-pinned-tabs-container {
        max-height: calc(10 * var(--tabstrip-min-height) + var(--space-large)) !important;
    }
    

    if you use vertical tabs, this will give you more space for pinned sites.

    2 votes
  5. 0x29A
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    enabling webrender makes a huge difference for me in recent versions and solves some issues i was having, have had that enabled for a while now i used to have to disable it because of bugs but at...

    enabling webrender makes a huge difference for me in recent versions and solves some issues i was having, have had that enabled for a while now

    i used to have to disable it because of bugs but at least for my configuration it seems way more stable now and makes the web way snappier for me

    i always disable pocket too among other tweaks

    1 vote