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When I click on a link that opens a new tab, I want that tab to be to the far right of all other tabs instead of just to the right of the current one.

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When I click a link that opens a new tab, I want that new tab to be to the right of all other tabs, not just the current one. How do I make that happen?

When I click a link that opens a new tab, I want that new tab to be to the right of all other tabs, not just the current one. How do I make that happen?

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Hi, you can change this using the following steps:

  1. In the address bar, type about:config and press the Enter key.
  2. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear.
    Click I accept the risk! to continue to the about:config page.
  3. In the search box at the top, type "browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent".
  4. Double-click on the first item that appears in the list to change the value to false.

Hope that helps!

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Hi, you can change this using the following steps:

  1. In the address bar, type about:config and press the Enter key.
  2. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear.
    Click I accept the risk! to continue to the about:config page.
  3. In the search box at the top, type "browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent".
  4. Double-click on the first item that appears in the list to change the value to false.

Hope that helps!

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I just did this and it works. Thank you so much! You're a lifesaver.

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I just did this, and it works in some cases, and in others it does not.

When I open a new tab through Ctrl+T, the above mentioned setting gets ignored, and the tab still opens in the end of the list, which is completely undesirable behaviour, how to fix this?

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My question and the answer shared by user1929 concerned opening new tabs from links embedded in webpages (not using Ctrl+T).

I recommend that you create a new question about how to get the desired affect when using Ctrl+T. I think that's a separate issue than the one I asked about.