

To deactivate and disable the new Print Preview UI and restore classic Print Preview dialog box, double-click on print.tab_modal.enabled preference and set it to false. The preference value is set to true by default, which means the new Print Preview UI is currently activated and enabled in your Firefox version.ģ. If you also want to deactivate new modern Print Preview UI and restore classic Print Preview dialog box in Firefox, following steps will help you: You need to click on “Print using the system dialog” link given at the bottom of right-sidebar and it’ll launch classic Print Preview dialog box.įortunately, Mozilla team has provided a secret preference/flag to replace the new modern Print Preview UI with the classic Print Preview dialog box in Firefox.īy modifying this preference/flag, you can get rid of the new UI and restore classic Print Preview dialog box in Firefox. PS: The new Print Preview UI still provides a link to switch to classic Print Preview dialog box. They want to get back the classic Print Preview dialog box in Firefox browser. Many Firefox users don’t like the new Print Preview UI and they want to disable or remove it completely. Also the new Print Preview UI lacks a few features which were present in classic dialog box. The classic Print Preview dialog box doesn’t use any animation or eye candy effects such as shadow, etc which makes it faster and more stable than the new Print Preview UI. In older versions of Firefox, the browser used to display the classic system Print Preview dialog box which was easier to use and faster than this new one.įollowing screenshot shows classic system Print Preview dialog box in Mozilla Firefox: It’s quite similar to the default Print Preview UI present in Google Chrome web browser.įollowing screenshot shows the new modern Print Preview UI in Mozilla Firefox: In newer versions of Mozilla Firefox web browser, you might have noticed that whenever you try to print something, Firefox displays a new modern redesigned Print Preview UI (known as Tab Modal Print User Interface) covering the whole web page and showing live preview of the web page. SUMMARY: This article will help you in disabling the new modern Print Preview UI and restoring old classic Print Preview dialog box in Mozilla Firefox web browser.
