Question How to make tab and toolbar text larger in Firefox (pls read details)

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I have macular degeneration. I know how to magnify the screen - that's NOT what I'm asking! I have trouble reading the small text in the bookmark toolbar, in the tab text, and in the menu bar, NOT on the screen but within the browser itself. So far I have had no luck. Please help! Rocky
 

gardenman

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To change the font size on the tabs, bookmark toolbar, menus and other places, do the following:

In the Firefox (version 81.0.2) address bar, type in: about:config
Accept and Continue
In the search box type: devp
Beside of layout.css.devPixelsPerPx on the right, click the Edit button.
Change it to: 1.5 and press Enter.

To restore it back to normal, change it back to: -1.0

Reference:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1239467
 
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gardenman:

That helped, but not what I want to know. I think folks are not understanding what I want/need to do.
Increasing screen font helps for sure, but I knew how to do that; it's the small text INSIDE the tabs above the page that I want to make bigger. I strain to see what each tab IS, and I often have a lot of them open at a time. Thanks for your advice, worked very well, now I don't have to hit Ctrl+ all the time! By the way I like irises and lily of the valley, but find the latter hard to maintain.
rocket
 

gardenman

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I'm not sure if we helped or not. You said "not what I want to know", then you said "worked very well".

This is what changing the layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to 1.5 does. Click the below image to see full size.

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Let us know if that's what you want.

PS: Pretty flowers. I've grown sunflowers but mostly I just grow simple food such as cucumbers, watermelon, etc. Anyway, we need to stay on topic and shouldn't talk about gardening here. :)