Why is screen blank when click "new tab", where is the window to type in url address

I cannot see the URL address of page I am on if I want to cut/paste and keep it, also I have to keep opening another mozilla firefox over and over as the newtab feature shows a blank page each time. Where is the area to type in URL address? How come I cannot have a series of pages open typing a new address on each page like I used to?

I found my own answer. If this happens, go to "view", "toolbars," and put a check next to "navigation toolbar."

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  • Screen flashes when open new tab.

    Hi there,
    It is not an error or something, but rather an interface issue.
    I'm using dark themes on Firefox, cause I work in front of the notebook for long hours and trying to maintain safe condition for my eyes.
    So, the problem is, that every time I open a new tab, the page part of the browser flashes, and it's especially uncomfortable when it happens at night.
    I've tried to change the background color of about:home and about:blank to grey color using Styles plugin for Firefox, but despite I succeed in changing the color, the flashes are still present.
    P.S.: If you need additional info please do not hesitate to write to me, thanks.
    Sorry for my English, hope you understand the problem,
    Hope to hear from you soon
    Eugene

    You mean that you get a blank white tab before the page loads? I fixed that by putting a line of code into the browser.css file of a theme, at the beginning, and that changes the background colour to some other colour.
    browser {background: blue;}
    It works in a userChrome.css file as well. The code:
    @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* set default namespace to XUL */
    browser {background: blue !important;}
    That file has to be located in a chrome subdirectory in the Firefox profile.
    * http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css

  • I just updated to Firefox 17.0.1 and now I can't click on a bookmark to open it or open new tab when clicking new tab button.

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    When I open a new tab, I'd like to be able to specify what it opens, instead of the 'empty' tab.

    There are a number of extensions that provide a feature like that.
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  • Hi all, when I open a New Tab pg all the images are blank - I've tried clicking on the blank images, & dragging a link from the Bookmarks, without success!

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    # In the [[Location bar autocomplete|Location bar]], type '''about:config''' and press '''Enter'''. The about:config "''This might void your warranty!''" warning page may appear.
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    why cant i open all my bookmarks in a new tab? only the ones visible above me, not the ones that show up when i click in the arrow to the upper right?

    Uninstall the Ask toolbar and it should work again. There is a compatibility issue with the Ask toolbar and Firefox that prevents new tabs from being opened.
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    I'm obviously aware of the possibility to show/hide the Navitation Toolbar manually, but I'd like to have it done automatically to get the best of screen space and navigation ease.

    Thanks cor-el! I had tried that out, but was turned off by the different workflow (can't click Tab to select the address suggestions) and assumed by the look that I couldn't use my Smart Keywords for searches.
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  • When clicking CTRL+Link my new tab opens in the background window, instead of the foreground window I'm using. Is there a way to make this work the way it used to, where the new tab always opens in whatever window I was currently using?

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    1. Goto [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/centered_popup.htm http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/centered_popup.htm]
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  • How do I set what page will open up when I click new tab?

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  • Why do I keep opening a "new tab" when I want to close the present one? I am just going round in circles.

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    *[/questions/816181]
    *[/questions/790833]

  • When I attempt to open a new tab by clicking the "new tab" button on the tabs bar, the tab will not open. Can this be fixed and how?

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  • How to stop newtab-page flickering/refreshing when opening new tabs by ctrl-clicking thumbnails?

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  • When I start firefox, the previous tabs are there but blank and say new tab, can I restore the tabs?

    When I start firefox, the previous tabs are there but blank and say new tab, can I restore the tabs?
    how can I do this?

    I'm not sure what causes this.
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    * Using Firefox's Browser Console (formerly known as Error Console): https://support.mozilla.org/questions/969046#answer-471950
    * Using Firefox developer tool "Scratchpad": http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=622036&start=60&p=12098147#p12098147
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  • When I click a link to open the page in new tab, it open the new page beside my page.

    After I update FireFox to version 3.6.8, I could not open the new page in the last tab, it always opens the new page in beside the tab.
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    A window could open several pages with different tabs, and I could click different tab to different page, right?
    If I right clicked a link to open the page to “new tab” in the same window, the new tab opened in the last tab of my window.
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    == This happened ==
    Every time Firefox opened
    == After I update FireFox to 3.6.8

    That feature isn't new to 3.6.8, it was changed in 3.6.
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    ''If you see the warning, you can confirm that you want to access that page.''
    Filter = '''browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent'''
    Double-click that preference to change the value to '''''false'''''

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