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How to stop middle mouse from opening link

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Serch1
Serch1

I use middle mouse button only for scrolling, and activating "scroll compass" . If there is a link I don't want this to open when clicking middle mouse button. Some pages have whole areas (frames?) acting this way (e.g. Wired.com)

Have tried all possible mouse settings in about:config; no solution found.

Any tips are appreciated

I use middle mouse button only for scrolling, and activating "scroll compass" . If there is a link I don't want this to open when clicking middle mouse button. Some pages have whole areas (frames?) acting this way (e.g. Wired.com) Have tried all possible mouse settings in about:config; no solution found. Any tips are appreciated

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Scribe
Scribe

Hi, you can try: Type about:config into the address bar, press Enter, accept the warning, scroll down to middlemouse.openNewWindow and double click on it to change 'Value' from True to False, then restart Firefox.

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cor-el
cor-el
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I'm not aware of a way to disable the default middle mouse click action and yes it does cause issues if you accidentally middle-click in the wrong place.