Getting Firefox to always open a link in a new tab

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[WCHS]

Is there a preference in about:config that will make Firefox always open in a new tab when you click on a link, rather than replacing the open tab?

Right now, sometimes I get a new tab for the link and sometimes the link opens in the current tab.

• This topic was modified 10 months ago by WCHS.

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There is an extension that does this.
Open Link with New Tab

Been using it or years.

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Give us the name of the extension then!

Code is no help.

I use programs more than 10 years old but I always put them out to be downloaded and used.

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Top one in this search on FF

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Alex5723

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I just right click the link and get a pop-up menu with “Open in new tab” as the top choice.

This removes any guesswork.

 

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WCHS

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You can also click the mouse scroll wheel to achieve the same result in a single click.

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WCHS

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JC Zorkoff wrote:

I just right click the link and get a pop-up menu with “Open in new tab” as the top choice.

I want to avoid having to open the context menu. I’ve been doing that, but I’m looking for something that’s less tedious. I’ll try the post from @Phil F to ‘click the scroll wheel’ and see if that suits my navigation stragegy. (I can’t get the ‘F’ to appear in blue font here.)

If, later, I find that I want a new tab every time, I’ll try the about:config settings in the post from @Alejr (This doesn’t appear in blue font. Why?)

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WCHS wrote:

This doesn’t appear in blue font. Why?

The blue color you see when you enter @ before a user’s name is actual a link to their AskWoody profile.

The reason it doesn’t always appear in blue (i.e. as a link) is because a user’s “Display Name” isn’t necessarily the same as their “Username” which is used for the link to their profile.

This can happen because a “Username” cannot contain blank spaces but a “Display Name” can (i.e. Phil F’s Username is actually @philaf.)

In my case, I didn’t realize the Username I chose when I registered, @bigal67, would be the link to my profile.

I “assumed” it’d only be used to login to AskWoody and my profile would use my “Display Name” (and it’s not possible to change your Username once you’ve registered.)

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WCHS

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Just hold the control-key down before you click on the link with the mouse to open the link in a new tab. Works the same way in Chrome.

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To “force” Firefox to open links in a new tab.

Set these 4 items to true.

browser.newtabpage.enabled
browser.search.openintab
browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs
browser.urlbar.openintab

Set browser.link.open_newwindow to 3

set browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction to 0

Restart Firefox

 

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