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Lynda Funke
Lynda Funke

Hello. When opening links from a search, I would like to have them always open in a new tab. How can I set this as a preference in Mozilla / Firefox?

Currently, I always right click and must select "open link in new tab." I see the option in Settings to "always open in new window", but that is not my objective. I would like to open in new tab, so that I retain my original search results in the current tab.

Thank you.

Hello. When opening links from a search, I would like to have them always open in a new tab. How can I set this as a preference in Mozilla / Firefox? Currently, I always right click and must select "open link in new tab." I see the option in Settings to "always open in new window", but that is not my objective. I would like to open in new tab, so that I retain my original search results in the current tab. Thank you.

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Paul
Paul
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Hi

This add-on might help:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/open-new-tab/

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that you can middle-click or hold Ctrl and left-click a link to open the link in a new tab.