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Firefox is opening new tabs when closing one with the middle mouse button

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ballaman200
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Everytime i am closing a tab with the middle mouse button firefox is opening a random amount of new (empty) tabs.

Why?

Everytime i am closing a tab with the middle mouse button firefox is opening a random amount of new (empty) tabs. Why?

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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The middle mouse button Opens a new tab.

Rights To Close {web link} Right double-click anywhere on web page to close current tab.

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window