Why oh why does Firefox keep trying to fix things that are not broke and never were broke in the first place? Hello V.G., I am writing to report that the “print.tab_modal.enabled” fix, explained above, no longer works. We posted a detailed tutorial about it at following link: The preference was “ print.tab_modal.enabled” which could be modified using Firefox’s advanced configuration about:config page. They wanted to get back the old classic Print Preview dialog box which you get in other apps and programs in the operating system.įollowing screenshot shows classic system Print Preview dialog box in Mozilla Firefox:įortunately, Mozilla team provided a hidden secret preference/flag to restore classic system Print Preview dialog box in Firefox newer versions to please the users. Many Firefox users didn’t like the new redesigned Print Preview UI. Whenever the user pressed Ctrl+P keys together or selected Print command from Menubar or Firefox Menu, the browser started showing a new overlay window of Print Preview (known as Tab Modal Print User Interface) providing the user a live preview of the webpage along with available settings to customize the print output.įollowing screenshot shows the new modern Print Preview overlay present in Firefox 85 and later versions: One year back, when Mozilla released Firefox 85 version, the team introduced a new modern Print Preview UI in the web browser. Discussion about the removal of “print.tab_modal.enabled” preference/flag and inability to restore classic Print Preview dialog box in Firefox 97 and later versions.
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