Would like tab behavior to be same as with IE when clicking on links in Bookmarks Toolbar
In IE, when I click on a Bookmarks Toolbar link, it opens that link in the tab in which I am currently working. In Firefox, however, it always opens a new tab. I would prefer having Firefox behave such that it only opens a new tab when I specifically instruct it to do so, or when a URL links to a page that would ordinarily open a new window (in which case I prefer it open a new tab instead -- and I found where =that= setting is but has no effect on my particular problem).
Note: I may have asked this before but I have either lost the information, or made the change once in my system and forgot about it. I'm setting up a newly-purchased laptop after my "old faithful" gave up the ghost after four long and satisfying years of service. I shall miss it greatly.
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Hello Steve.
Firefox normal behavior is to open bookmarks in the current tab. You may be having a problem with some Firefox add-on that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?
Whenever you have a problem with Firefox, whatever it is, you should make sure it's not coming from one of your installed add-ons, be it an extension, a theme or a plugin. To do that easily and cleanly, run Firefox in safe mode and select Disable all add-ons. If the problem disappears, you know it's from an add-on. Disable them all in normal mode, and enable them one at a time until you find the source of the problem. See this article for information about troubleshooting extensions and theme. You can troubleshoot plugins the same way.
If you want support for one of your add-ons, you'll need to contact its author.
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Hello Steve.
Firefox normal behavior is to open bookmarks in the current tab. You may be having a problem with some Firefox add-on that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?
Whenever you have a problem with Firefox, whatever it is, you should make sure it's not coming from one of your installed add-ons, be it an extension, a theme or a plugin. To do that easily and cleanly, run Firefox in safe mode and select Disable all add-ons. If the problem disappears, you know it's from an add-on. Disable them all in normal mode, and enable them one at a time until you find the source of the problem. See this article for information about troubleshooting extensions and theme. You can troubleshoot plugins the same way.
If you want support for one of your add-ons, you'll need to contact its author.
You can open a link or bookmark in a new tab by holding down Ctrl and left-clicking or by middle-clicking a link. Holding down the Shift key in addition toggles loading a link in the background. You can open links in a new window by holding down Shift and left-clicking a link. Links that do not specify a target window open by default in the current tab.
You can set that behavior via these prefs on the about:config page. http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow (3) http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction (0)
To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the Enter key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website. If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.