Enable new sidebar on another device?
Recently a new sidebar appeared on Firefox on my desktop. I actually really liked the change because I have wanted to move my tabs to the side for a while. I had tree style tabs installed and I was a little annoyed that I couldn't disable the tabs on the top bar. But now I can!
My laptop however does not have the new sidebar yet and when I look for updates it says there aren't any. My laptop has limited screen space and I much prefer to have this new ui choice but I can't enable it. I understand that they probably update new designs in batches to test the waters but is there a way to get around it and enable it on my laptop too?
I use the same Firefox account for both so it seems a little counterintuitive to have different experiences on different devices on the same account.
Also very much thank you for this change! It's something I've wanted for a while. I also have one little suggestion and that is to have the option for a similar feature to tree style tabs on the sidebar tab layout.
Chosen solution
Yes, this is a limited release feature, but you can enable it manually this way:
(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.
More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox. The moderators would like us to remind you that changes made through this back door aren't fully supported and aren't guaranteed to continue working in the future.
(2) In the search box in the page, type or paste sidebar.revamp and pause while the list is filtered
(3) Double-click the preference (or click the toggle button toward the end of the row) to switch the value from false to true
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Oh and I use the button to open and close the sidebar to save screen space right now but I haven't been able to find a shortcut for it.
Chosen Solution
Yes, this is a limited release feature, but you can enable it manually this way:
(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.
More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox. The moderators would like us to remind you that changes made through this back door aren't fully supported and aren't guaranteed to continue working in the future.
(2) In the search box in the page, type or paste sidebar.revamp and pause while the list is filtered
(3) Double-click the preference (or click the toggle button toward the end of the row) to switch the value from false to true
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