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Open in New Tab and Open in New Window have switched places, how to revert?

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MikeCippo
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I was glad to find as i logged in today that Firefox had a update ready. I was even more excited when i learned that the browser itself has been updated. And while all these new and exciting things make Firefox an amazing choice for a browser, im at my wits end on this little change that is annoying the hell out of me.

Apparently between 3.6 and the new Firefox, when you right click on a link, you see Open in New Window in the spot where Open in New Tab was. This may not seem like a big deal, but to a person who has been opening windows in tabs since tabbed browsing came out, i absolutely hate having multiple windows open.

When i right click on a link, its an automatic reflex for me to open it in a new tab, but now i cant. Each time i end up opening a window instead. Is there an easy fix to this little problem that's driving me insane?

I was glad to find as i logged in today that Firefox had a update ready. I was even more excited when i learned that the browser itself has been updated. And while all these new and exciting things make Firefox an amazing choice for a browser, im at my wits end on this little change that is annoying the hell out of me. Apparently between 3.6 and the new Firefox, when you right click on a link, you see Open in New Window in the spot where Open in New Tab was. This may not seem like a big deal, but to a person who has been opening windows in tabs since tabbed browsing came out, i absolutely hate having multiple windows open. When i right click on a link, its an automatic reflex for me to open it in a new tab, but now i cant. Each time i end up opening a window instead. Is there an easy fix to this little problem that's driving me insane?

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You can use the Menu Editor add-on to change the order of the menu items - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/menu-editor

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TonyE
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You can use the Menu Editor add-on to change the order of the menu items - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/menu-editor

MikeCippo
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Your my hero TonyE, not going crazy anymore, thanks alot.

TonyE
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You're welcome

VKKV
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Opening order of Tabs in 4.0.1 To make TABS open to the right within each browser window in the same order as you opening them:

What to do:

Open a second window so you can read these instr. Enter "about:config" in URL address bar. Get a warning - 'Are you sure / advanced settings...blah, blah. ' Click YES Scroll down the page until you find the described line:

"browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent"

Find it a ways down, then right click on the line to then TOGGLE the menu pop-up option to "FALSE" DONE ! It worked immediately, no need to restart. My tabs now all open to the right in order of them being opened. Nice.

Thank you 'Platon' from a different Mozilla help site.

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ripper82
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I had also gotten used to the location of "Open in New Tab" and reflexively opened links in new windows by mistake over, and over, and over again... but after a short while of using the new layout, I now reflexively click the correct option.

It was irritating at first, but if you give it some time, it's easy to get used to the new layout.