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Seletect Text link in new tab option gone

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Before updating, when having selected text by holding down mouse button and dragging, if that text was an internet address right clicking on it offered the option to open link in a new window. I just updated to discover that it no longer does so, is there any way in options or anything to get this back as it was damned useful.

Before updating, when having selected text by holding down mouse button and dragging, if that text was an internet address right clicking on it offered the option to open link in a new window. I just updated to discover that it no longer does so, is there any way in options or anything to get this back as it was damned useful.

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Such features were added by an extension that may have been disabled.

You can check that in Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions