- Added a new 'Add to Top Sites' button, which can be added to your toolbar from the 'Buttons' section.

- Introduced options to set the width and height of the 'Top Sites container' on the Essential Homepage.

- Added an option to change the font size of 'Top Sites items'.

- The add-on now accepts URLs without 'https://' when creating 'Top Sites' or modifying the 'Homepage URL' and 'New Tab URL' in the settings page.

- Improved toolbar functionality for faster loading.

- Fixed a bug causing Top Sites to disappear on the new homepage.
Special thanks to @zythra for reporting the issue.

- Added an option to adjust the size and spacing of Top Sites.

- Made some style improvements.

- Added a new integrated homepage

Essential Homepage is a minimalistic, productivity-focused replacement for the Firefox homepage. Features include:

- Adding, editing, moving, and removing 'Top Sites' (shortcuts).
- Automatically retrieving the icon for a Top Site from DuckDuckGo or Google based on the site’s URL. You can also specify a custom URL for the icon.
- No limit on the number of Top Sites you can create.
- Setting the page background from a URL, a local file, or retrieving a daily background from Unsplash based on a custom query.
- Importing and exporting Top Sites and preferences.

Special thanks to @MilaMurry for the suggestion and feature request.

- New 'Copy Link' Button

Copies the current tab's URL to the clipboard.

- Several style improvements

Note
This update includes optional features that utilize external services:

Getting backgrounds from Unsplash:
Requests are forwarded through a Cloudflare Worker to fetch metadata. The background is then downloaded and saved to the add-on’s local storage from the retrieved photo URL.

Getting favicons for Top Sites from DuckDuckGo or Google:
These services provide the favicon file for the requested URL. The favicon is downloaded and saved to the add-on’s local storage to avoid future requests for the same icon.

All these services are disabled by default. Please ensure you trust them before enabling them. This add-on is not responsible for any data logged by these services. As always, this add-on does not access, log, or share your personal data.

- Some improvements.

- Bug fixes.
Fixed toolbar size inconsistency in desktop mode, resolved issues with toolbar buttons and icons, and improved toolbar behavior in cases of overflow.

- Added 'Gap from the edge' option.
Set the toolbar's distance from the edge of the page.

- Added 'Left' and 'Right' to 'Toolbar position' option.
Now you can also place the toolbar vertically on the left or right side of the page.

- Added 'Toolbar Width/Height' option.
Now you can adjust the percentage of the page that the toolbar will occupy. The default is 100%, and with other values, the toolbar will be centered horizontally or vertically depending on its position.

- Behavior improvements.
Improving the 'scroll top' and 'scroll bottom' buttons.
For more details, please see https://github.com/KristhianX/essential-buttons-toolbar/issues/37

- Added light theme.
The add-on now follows the system theme.

- Smooth animation for scrollToTop and scrollToBottom actions.
Thanks to @emvaized for the code.

For more details, please see
https://github.com/KristhianX/essential-buttons-toolbar/pull/35

- The add-on can now be enabled in private browsing mode again.
Buttons that create tabs will be disabled in
incognito mode, and the toolbar background color will change
to purple to better indicate that it is in a private tab.

For more details, please see https://github.com/KristhianX/essential-buttons-toolbar/issues/5

- New 'Open with' button:
Opens the current URL in another app.
Special thanks to @MilaMurry for the suggestion!

- 'Unhide toolbar' button:
After hiding the toolbar, a draggable unhide button becomes available for easier unhiding of the toolbar.

- Code improvements.

The toolbar won't run in private browsing.

Stability improvements and bug fixes.

New button: Toggle Desktop Site - Suggested by @Arkuarius, thank you :)
Modifies the user agent string to the one used in the desktop version of Firefox across all tabs, persisting through browser restarts.
To learn more, visit the buttons settings and click the monitor icon.

Toolbar Height Consistency - The toolbar height will now be the same on all sites, including in desktop mode. Note that in some cases, you may need to zoom out to see the toolbar.

Integrated blank.html - A blank page where the toolbar is accessible. Suggested by @MilaMurry. Thank you :)

Toolbar Color Consistency - The toolbar colors won't be affected by Dark Reader and similar add-ons.

Settings Page Improvements - Enhanced behavior and style.

🐞 Fixed an issue where the 'undo close tab(s)' button did not restore tabs closed by the close tab button.

🐞 Resolved a crash in existing toolbars when the add-on updates.

🐞 Addressed errors on the exclude settings page.

- New buttons: Scroll to the top, scroll to the bottom, close all tabs, and close other tabs. Please read their descriptions on the button settings page.

- Live reload of settings changes!
No more need to refresh the pages to apply the new settings or the exclude rules.

- The toolbar will load sooner.

- Settings page layout fixes for tablet users.

- New button: 'Menu button'. It helps keep the main toolbar clean and organized.
- New drag-and-drop mode in the settings page! Now it's more intuitive.
- The add-on will now notify you when it gets updated, so you can discover the new features!
- Changes won't affect your current settings.
- Code improvements.
- Style fixes for the settings page.

- New button: 'Undo Close Tab.' It opens a new tab with the last URL closed using the close tab button of this add-on. Once used, it will discard the saved URL to avoid opening duplicate tabs.

- Option to change the toolbar background transparency.
- Duplicate tab button behavior improved.
- Settings page from add-ons menu will open in tab.
- Code improvements.

- Option to reset settings to default values. Excluded settings won't be affected.
- New button: open add-on settings in a new tab.
- The toolbar will now function on the settings page; there are some issues if the settings page is not a normal tab.
- Settings page style improvements.
- Code improvements.

- Added new buttons: Go back, go forward, and reload.
- Introduced support for drag and drop in the buttons settings page.
- Set Heroicons as the default icon theme.
- Implemented various fixes and improvements.

- Improved the close button behavior! It will now open the homepage URL only if no tab becomes active.
- Small CSS fix on the settings page.

- Settings page improvements.

- Add-on name changed to make it more concise and descriptive.