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i want that google opens a window in the active tab and not a new tab

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baetenkoek
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hello , google opens a new window but i want it in the active tab from google. but i still want to have site's like fb to open the link in a other tab . i had it before , ie has it 2 but i don't want to switch back. i already checked the settings at google and that setting is off and still opens a new tab .

hello , google opens a new window but i want it in the active tab from google. but i still want to have site's like fb to open the link in a other tab . i had it before , ie has it 2 but i don't want to switch back. i already checked the settings at google and that setting is off and still opens a new tab .

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Do you mean the search plugin opens the search engine in a new tab? Opening a window in a tab does not make sense. I believe this setting in about:config should use the same tab rather than a new one.

  • browser.search.openintab -> false
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Do you mean the search plugin opens the search engine in a new tab? Opening a window in a tab does not make sense. I believe this setting in about:config should use the same tab rather than a new one.

  • browser.search.openintab -> false
baetenkoek
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ty it works for me