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Any way to disable automatic unloading of text & elements (virtual DOM / DOM unloading)? They break functionality like CTRL F (self.firefox)

submitted 5 days ago by TheTwelveYearOld to c/firefox

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I don't want text to be unloaded from pages because then I can't see all the results on the CTRL F box. This happens on Discourse forums and New New Reddit (its too bad they removed the 2018 redesign).

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[–] computergeek125 3 points 5 days ago

I get what you're trying to get at here - but counterpoint: a lot of sites offer very long or infinitely scrolling pages. Getting rid of stuff you've scrolled past or wont scroll to for a while makes the page not a memory leak. So specifically for Discourse, New Reddit, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky, and all those family of pages, if you do manage to succeed you will turn the page into a memory leak. And it's going to lag your renderer if those objects aren't unloaded.