One of the easiest ways to refresh a page in mobile browsers is to swipe down on the screen. Did you know that this gesture is supported in Firefox too? Let us explain how to enable pull to refresh in Firefox for Android.
How to enable pull to refresh in Firefox for Android
1. Open Firefox.
2. Tap on the three-dot menu button.
3. Select the Settings.
4. Tap on Customize.
5. You should see an option that says “Pull to Refresh”. Tap on the toggle to enable the feature.
That’s it. Now you have learned how to enable pull to refresh in Firefox for Android. Try using it, go to any web page, and swipe down on the screen, and the page should reload. If you don’t like this feature, follow the above steps to disable pull to refresh. The longer way to refresh a web page in Firefox is to tap on the menu button and then tap on the reload icon. You should see a curved arrow icon appear at the top of the screen, and the page will reload.
Why isn’t this gesture enabled by default?
Pull to refresh was a much-requested feature by users. It was available in the Nightly version of the browser for a long time, before Mozilla added it to the stable version. So, why is pull to refresh not enabled by default? That is a good question. Mozilla had actually enabled the gesture by default when Firefox 112 was released. But it disabled the feature in August 2023, after a number of users had complained about bugs related to the feature. Mozilla will enable the feature automatically in a future update.
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