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Click to follow link opens in currently selected tab

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FF17.0.1 (also ff16) Click to follow link (eg a link in an email) opens in the currently selected FF window (which is a real pain) I am sure it used to open in a new tab Ctrl-click to follow a link from MS word opens in existing tab

Tools->Options->tabs->Open new window in new tab is ticked

I think I had this problem before and made it go away by unticking this option, closing FF and then opening FF again However, if I try that, when I restart FF the option is still ticked!!! (A clue maybe?)

The problem occurs if FF started in safe mode It is not possible to ctrl-click the link in outlook (I guess OUtlook must disable that) I don't have a mouse with a middle button


Right click open in new tab works fine Right click open in new window is fine

System Info Thinkpad R60 3GB RAM Windows 7 + latest updates Windows firewall Malwarebytes anti-virus

FF17.0.1 (also ff16) Click to follow link (eg a link in an email) opens in the currently selected FF window (which is a real pain) I am sure it used to open in a new tab Ctrl-click to follow a link from MS word opens in existing tab Tools->Options->tabs->Open new window in new tab is ticked I think I had this problem before and made it go away by unticking this option, closing FF and then opening FF again However, if I try that, when I restart FF the option is still ticked!!! (A clue maybe?) The problem occurs if FF started in safe mode It is not possible to ctrl-click the link in outlook (I guess OUtlook must disable that) I don't have a mouse with a middle button Right click open in new tab works fine Right click open in new window is fine System Info Thinkpad R60 3GB RAM Windows 7 + latest updates Windows firewall Malwarebytes anti-virus

Gekose oplossing

For links opened via an external program you can use this pref to override the browser.link.open_newwindow pref if this pref doesn't have the default value -1.

  • browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external
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hello Rincewindwiz, please try this: enter about:config into the firefox location bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.link.open_newwindow - right-click and reset this entry to the default value (3) and restart firefox afterwards.

when preferences don't stick after a restart of firefox it might be different issue, check this article for some common troubleshooting steps: How to fix preferences that won't save

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good plan but . . . . It had been set to 1 Right click->reset changed it to 3 I restarted firefox (home page) I clicked a link in outlook and it promptly opened in my FF home page

I'll look at the preferences link.

Thanks

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Gekose oplossing

For links opened via an external program you can use this pref to override the browser.link.open_newwindow pref if this pref doesn't have the default value -1.

  • browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external

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Ahha - that's fixed it. Thanks

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Whooops not so fast. It seems something is changing it back again. Is there anyway of finding out what is changing it short of doing a reset and then adding the addins one at a time?

Gewysig op deur Rincewindwiz

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If you do not keep changes after a restart then see:

If it does work properly in Firefox Safe-mode then disable all extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.

Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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I was afraid that was the case. Thanks for your help