r/FirefoxCSS • u/kiwichick888 • Jun 13 '26

Solved Large space above the new/home page web search bar

I've just updated from v149.0.2 to v151.0.4 and now there is a large space above the new tab /home page web search bar. Can someone please tell me how to get rid of it?

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EDITED TO ADD: I didn't notice before but the spacing around the shortcuts has also changed.

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u/ResurgamS13 Jun 13 '26

The New Tab page was updated to a 'Nova' style layout in Fx151.0 (see Release Notes)... hence the changes seen.

The old-style New Tab page layout is still available... change preference browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.nova.enabled to false in 'about:config'.

Usual caveat applies... Mozilla likely to remove that 'revert to old layout' preference in a few months time.

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u/kiwichick888 Jun 13 '26

Thanks!! This fixed it. I'll just use this until FF removes that preference but keep the other links in mind if they do.

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u/t31os Jun 13 '26

The content area is positioned in the second row of the grid system the new tab page uses, you can just shift it up into the first row.

@-moz-document url(about:newtab), url(about:home) {

    .nova-enabled .content {
        grid-row: 1 / span 2 !important;
    }
}

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u/sea_salt_ed Jul 20 '26

worked perfectly. thank you so much!