GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 783288
Can't change new tab page/disable "most visited"
Last modified: 2018-08-03 21:08:38 UTC
At present it's not possible to change or disable "most visited" when opening a new tab. With Homepage set to "New tab page": * new tabs show "most visited" * new windows show "most visited" * the home button is not shown With Homepage set to "Blank page": * new tabs still show "most visited" * new windows show a blank page * the home button is shown This was apparently briefly fixed: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693801 However, it was rolled back a week later: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2016-December/msg01304.html The removal commit message says: "It's a lot simpler to just use homepage-url always for new tabs and windows if present." Unfortunately, despite that, homepage-url is ignored for new tabs. Additionally: * I think it would make sense to *not* show the home button if "Blank page" is set, since I suspect the button would never be used in that case, and the user would more likely have blank page set for the purpose of new tabs/windows only. If others feel otherwise, then there should be another way of disabling "most visited" without getting stuck with a home button. * "New tab page" is the wrong description. It should be "most visited" or similar. I can file a separate bug for that if desired.
I think we should special-case this. The new tab page should be about:blank if the homepage is. And yes, the homepage button should not be shown at all if the homepage is set to about:blank. (In reply to Stephen from comment #0) > * I think it would make sense to *not* show the home button if "Blank page" > is set, since I suspect the button would never be used in that case, and the > user would more likely have blank page set for the purpose of new > tabs/windows only. If others feel otherwise, then there should be another > way of disabling "most visited" without getting stuck with a home button. > * "New tab page" is the wrong description. It should be "most visited" or > similar. I can file a separate bug for that if desired. Yes and yes. It would be great to file two separate bugs for these.
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