I come across this annoyance every time I upgrade from Firefox 1.5 to 2.0, but keep forgetting about it.
In FF 2.0, there is no option to force every new link, which would open a new window, to open in a tab. I would think that the option under Preferences >> Tabs for New pages should be opened in: a) a new window or b) a new tab would do this, but it doesn’t. Oh well.
Today, I had to upgrade someone else’s Firefox and this issue came up again. Doing a quick Google search gave me the answer.
Go to about:config. Look at the image below and set the preferences to the following values:
Its that simple.
[Via satukubik.net]
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Thanks. This was bugging me too. Much appreciated.
wow. very clever. thanks.
Thanks a lot!!!
Any idea on how to force the download window to open in a tab? (like in opera)
@szemy
I’m pretty sure that’s impossible without an extention, I can see where it would come in handy, I’ll see if I can find one and post it if I do.
found one, prolly should have looked first…
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4526
This has been annoying me like the crick in my neck. It was stupid to leave this out in FF 2.x. Thank you so much. You walk with Angels.
thanks!!! how did they do that to us?
You have the wrong value for browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction there, it needs to be 0 not 2
Why can’t I access the picture? It says because I am not a member of wordpress. So much for the free movement of information