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No so much crashing, but tabs randomly popping out into their own windows

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cmwalker240
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This isn't so much as a crash exactly, but certainly as frustrating.

I generally operate with a minimum of 5 tabs open within 1 FF window (Windows 7 64-bit) and this window is normally maximized.

Since FF 5, I have noticed that as I click from tab to another tab, the tab will jump out unexpectedly into a new window. I'm an experienced computer user so this is not a mistake of the mouse or my hand.

I also can't quite pinpoint what exactly is happening but it's definitely upon clicking as I can Ctrl+Tab through the tabs normally.

It's almost as though there is a delay when you click on one tab, then when move the mouse to the next one it thinks you're dragging the tab away from the window.

Hope this makes sense. I have just upgraded today to 6.0.2 and it is still occuring.

Any help on the matter would be gratefully received, I use FF as my development tool with Firebug, but got to say this infuriating at times..

Cheers Chris

This isn't so much as a crash exactly, but certainly as frustrating. I generally operate with a minimum of 5 tabs open within 1 FF window (Windows 7 64-bit) and this window is normally maximized. Since FF 5, I have noticed that as I click from tab to another tab, the tab will jump out unexpectedly into a new window. I'm an experienced computer user so this is not a mistake of the mouse or my hand. I also can't quite pinpoint what exactly is happening but it's definitely upon clicking as I can Ctrl+Tab through the tabs normally. It's almost as though there is a delay when you click on one tab, then when move the mouse to the next one it thinks you're dragging the tab away from the window. Hope this makes sense. I have just upgraded today to 6.0.2 and it is still occuring. Any help on the matter would be gratefully received, I use FF as my development tool with Firebug, but got to say this infuriating at times.. Cheers Chris

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cor-el
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You detach a tab from the current window and open it in a new window by dragging a tab in the browser window.

You can drag that tab back to the tab bar in the original window to undo that detaching.

bug489729 (Disable detach and tear off tab): 7*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bug489729-disable-detach-and-t

cmwalker240
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@cor-el - thanks for the link and prompt reply!

cor-el
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You're welcome