New Tab Override Autor: Sören Hentzschel

New Tab Override allows you to choose which page Firefox shows whenever you open a new tab. It can open any website you like, use your current homepage, display a stored local HTML file, or show a plain background color. It also includes options for the focus behavior and the tab position.

Features

• Set any website as your new tab page
• Randomly select one page from multiple URLs separated by the pipe character (|)
• Use your current homepage as the new tab page
• Store a local HTML file in the extension and use it as new tab content
• Use a custom background color for new tabs
• Show the latest Mozilla news as the new tab page (German only)
• Choose whether the focus should go to the address bar or the website
• Control where new tabs are opened
• Automatically add https:// when a URL is missing a protocol
• Work with Firefox container tabs
• Support dark mode in the settings interface
• Support configuration via enterprise policies

Keyboard shortcuts

The settings interface can be opened via the keyboard or from the menu. Use Shift + F12 to open it. You can also open it by entering newtab settings in the address bar or via the menu entry in the "Tools" menu.

Languages

The add-on is currently available in the following languages:

• English
• German
• French (Thanks, SuperPat45 and Mozilla community!)
• Simplified Chinese (Thanks, tiansh and Mozilla community!)
• Spanish (Thanks, MissingUser and Mozilla community!)
• Italian (Thanks, Mozilla community!)
• Russian (Thanks, vanja-san!)
• Polish (Thanks, WaldiPL!)
• Dutch (Thanks, Tonnes!)
• Turkish (Thanks, boranroni!)
• Ukrainian (Thanks, Bergil32!)
• Brazilian Portuguese (Thanks, Mozilla community!)
• Swedish (Thanks, Sopor-!)
• Indonesian (Thanks, rosatiara!)
• Upper Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)
• Lower Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)

Configuration via Enterprise Policies

New Tab Override supports configuration via enterprise policies through storage.managed. Managed values override the same settings configured locally in the extension.

Permissions

New Tab Override requires several permissions to work properly. Some are mandatory, some are optional, and Firefox does not prompt for some of them.

Mandatory permissions.

New Tab Override will not work as intended without the following permissions:

Access browser history

This permission is required to prevent spammy moz-extension:// entries from being added to the browsing history every time you open a new tab.

Access recently closed tabs

This permission is required so that New Tab Override can remove internally closed new tab pages from Firefox's recently closed tabs list when the option to set the focus to the website is used.

Access browser tabs

This permission is required so that New Tab Override can focus the settings page if it is already open in another tab instead of opening it again.

Read and modify browser settings

This permission is required to change the position of new tabs and to use the option that automatically opens the current homepage as the new tab page.

Optional permissions.

This permission is not required to install and use New Tab Override, but the extension will request it at runtime when needed:

Access data for www.soeren-hentzschel.at

This permission is only required if you enable the option to show the latest Mozilla news as the new tab page. If enabled, New Tab Override reads the feed from www.soeren-hentzschel.at to display the latest news.

Silent permissions.

New Tab Override requires additional permissions, but Firefox does not prompt for the following:

cookies

The cookies permission is required to preserve container information when New Tab Override is used together with Firefox container tabs.

menus

The menus permission is required to provide a menu entry in the "Tools" menu for accessing the settings page.

storage

The storage permission is required to save settings such as your selected new tab page and to read enterprise-managed settings provided through Firefox policies.