How do I disable dragging tabs that opens a separate window?
Sometimes if the program or computer is running slow, when I click on the tab to highlight it for viewing, it thinks I want to drag it over somewhere, thereby creating a new window.
Can I disable this tab dragging feature? I looked at about:config but nothing readily jumped out at me.
Thanks!
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Make sure that you do not drag a tab slightly down in the browser window while clicking. Current Firefox versions have a feature called tear-off tabs. You can detach a tab from the current window and open it in a new window by dragging a tab in the browser window. You can also do this via the right-click context menu of a tab: Move to New 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):
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Chosen Solution
Make sure that you do not drag a tab slightly down in the browser window while clicking. Current Firefox versions have a feature called tear-off tabs. You can detach a tab from the current window and open it in a new window by dragging a tab in the browser window. You can also do this via the right-click context menu of a tab: Move to New 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):
thanks
but the addon shows to be disabled by an administrator...
"This add-on has been disabled by an administrator. "
I'm old, just sometimes clicking around, when I click to highlight a tab, I guess my arthritis moves the mouse a hair...
Do you mean that you can't open the Add-ons web page via the link I posted above?
The link I posted above works for me, so the extension is still available.
My bad. Instead of clicking on install button near top of your linked page, I scrolled down on that page and clicked on this link:
If you want to undo detach and tear off tab, try "Undo Detach Tab" extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12689/).
Got the addon installed and it works great!
Thank you