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Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by Ozzed » 2018-08-16, 14:44

Hi!

Just updated to 28.0 and things seem to work pretty well. My only annoyance is that now there's a search box on the quick dial page and I don't want that. Ia there any way to get rid of it and make it look like it did prior to 28.0? I googled it but haven't found anything. Thank you for your help :)

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by riiis » 2018-08-16, 15:15

Quickdial Tool includes an option to enable/disable the search box. First, install Quickdial Tool. Then, right-click an open area on the Quickdial page. Or, right-click any thumbnail on the Quickdial page. Select "Options" from the context menu.
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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by Ozzed » 2018-08-16, 15:19

riiis wrote:Quickdial Tool includes an option to enable/disable the search box. First, install Quickdial Tool. Then, right-click an open area on the Quickdial page. Or, right-click any thumbnail on the Quickdial page. Select "Options" from the context menu.
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Thanks! That worked :)

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by Moonchild » 2018-08-16, 15:22

No, the redesign of the quickdial page stands.
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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by coffeebreak » 2018-08-16, 20:21

It can also just be hidden with CSS, see: https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=19518#p144371

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by Goodydino » 2018-08-16, 23:05

It sounds as if Quickdial is a part of version 28, and you get that with a new tab. Is there a way to get a blank tab with a new tab with PM 28?

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by coffeebreak » 2018-08-16, 23:17

It's the same settings as PM 27.

To disable the quickdial page:

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browser.newtabpage.enabled = false
For a completely blank page:

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browser.newtab.url = about:blank

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by riiis » 2018-08-17, 05:11

Goodydino wrote:It sounds as if Quickdial is a part of version 28, and you get that with a new tab. Is there a way to get a blank tab with a new tab with PM 28?
"about:newtab" is and has long been an internal page in both Pale Moon and Firefox. "about:newtab" is called the Quickdial page in Pale Moon, and "about:newtab" is called "new tab page" in Firefox. Select what you want as a new tab in the "tabs" pane of Pale Moon preferences.
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Note that selecting "A blank page" provides a mostly blank page "about:logopage", rather than a completely blank page "about:blank". You can also get a blank page by selecting "The Quickdial page" from the drop-down menu. Then open the Quickdial page. Then, click the button at the upper-right of the Quickdial page to toggle between the Quickdial grid page and a blank page. You can also create a custom new tab page by entering its url in the preference "browser.newtab.url" in "about:config". The custom page could be the url of a webpage, "about:blank", or a locally stored image file.

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by Goodydino » 2018-08-17, 20:36

I already had about:blank set up, so that is fine. I shall not have to change anything.

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Re: Get rid of search box from quick dial page?

Unread post by Offset » 2018-08-18, 22:02

riiis wrote:Quickdial Tool includes an option to enable/disable the search box. First, install Quickdial Tool. Then, right-click an open area on the Quickdial page. Or, right-click any thumbnail on the Quickdial page. Select "Options" from the context menu.
quickdial-disable-searchbox.jpg
Thanks, that's good. Can you also set the margin declaration for #searchContainer to all zeroes? That would free up a little more space at top. (I use 5 rows.)

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