Closed Bug 1204955 Opened 9 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Add a pref to allow rows of tiles to be hidden if they don't fit (even if they contain history tiles), to avoid creating scrollbar on new tab page

Categories

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
New Tab Page
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox43 --- affected

People

(Reporter: dholbert, Unassigned)

References

Details

In current Nightly, with my normal browsing profile, New Tab Page *insists* on having 3 rows of tiles. If my browser isn't quite tall enough to show 3 rows, then it just has the 3rd row overflow and creates a scrollbar. This didn't used to be the case -- we used to simply remove rows that didn't fit. Maxim describes the reason for the current (new) behavior in bug 1194895 comment 55. I'm filing this bug on adding a pref that lets users (like me) request the old behavior -- to tell New Tab that it's welcome to discard the 2nd or 3rd rows if they don't fit. (even if they have a history tile -- IIUC, that's currently the thing that makes those rows stick around)
Depends on: 1194895
Summary: Add a pref to prevent tiles from creating a vertical-scrollbar on new tab page → Add a pref to allow rows of tiles to be hidden if they don't fit (even if they contain history tiles), to avoid creating scrollbar on new tab page

Hello!

This bug has been closed due to inactivity and/or the potential for this bug to no longer be an issue with the new Discovery Stream-powered New Tab experience.

Please help us triage by reopening if this issue still persists and should be addressed.

Thanks!

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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