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Despite re-installing Firefox sidebar is still missing (I spent 3 full days trying to fix it before re-installing). I also can't obtain another tab - I'm restricted just to the one page I'm currently using

I am trying to use the tabs setting to always open a new window when clicking on a link, especially from search results. It seems no matter which setting I chose in "Tabs and Browsing" they Never open in a new tab, I even tried opening in a new Window but that doesn't work either. What always happens is the new site overwrites the window with its site, and some sites even make it so you cannot go back to the results of your search. As if the site replaced the left Arrow to go back with Nul or something that greys it out. I guess they don't want you to go to a different site to check out something unless you type your search in all over again.

How do I override clicking on a search result link to always go to a new tab so I can easily go back to the search results. Currently I always have to remember to right click on the link as tell it to open in a new Tab. I would expect this from Chrome as they want you to buy from their customers. But FireFox should be better for the consumer/person and not be better for some corporation. Thanks, Bill

This has been an occasional problem for a month or so. When I start Firefox, perhaps one in three times, it opens all the tabs from the previous session. Particularly disconcerting is that it is opening sites with passwords from earlier sessions.

I hoped that the next iteration of Firefox would solve the problem, but it has continued with Firefox 158.0.

I have changed my settings more than once, and then changed them back, without result.

I am running Linux Mint with Cinnamon.

Thank you.