How do I disable this feature? As you’re opening a new tab or typing in the Awesome Bar, Firefox will check to see if you already have that site open. If you do, you’ll be directed to the existing tab so you don’t open a duplicate.
When I am in my classroom where I am teaching, I sometimes open a duplicate tab so I can go back and forth while I am grading. This gives me the assignment and grade book open at the same time. This is much faster than opening and closing the two screens as I have to do when I can't open a duplicate site.
If I cannot disable this feature, can I undo this upgrade and return to the previous version? Thanks for your help.
Martin Gordon
Spremenil James (doing minimal support)
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As posted above, it is sufficient the press the Alt or Shift key while an entry in the drop down list is highlighted to disable "Switch to tab" and see the URL instead.
- Alt + Enter opens the highlighted URL in a new tab.
- Shift + Enter opens the highlighted URL in the current tab.
- Cursor Right copies the highlighted URL to the location bar in case you want to edit it.
- bug 596485 - Provide visual indication of Switch to Tab override
- bug 673528 - using Shift to bypass "switch to tab" doesn't work anymore (loads www.domain.com.net)
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I am also quite frustrated that Firefox does not provide any built-in option to Duplicate a Tab. However you can accomplish this using the following add-on:
-> Tab Mix Plus 0.3.8.7
Check and tell if its working.
Spremenil Hasan
When you enter a site in the URL/Location/Address bar and see "Switch to tab" in the drop-down, you can
- use ALT+Enter to open the new (duplicate) tab anyway
- use CTRL+left-click on the original tab and drag it until you see an up arrow from below the break point between two tabs, then release the left-click key, then release the CTRL key to get a duplicate of the tab with all of its history (Back/Forward)
- press the Shift key while an entry in the drop down list is highlighted to disable "Switch to Tab" and see the URL.
- Use the cursor Right key to select an item marked as Switch to Tab in the drop down list and copy the URL to the location bar.
- Open the URL in the current tab by using Shift + Enter on the highlighted entry.
You can install this Add-on to completely disable "switch to tab": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-to-tab-no-more/
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Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
- Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: Installing (or Updating) the Shockwave plugin with Firefox
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox
- Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): Updating Flash in Firefox
- Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: Installing or Updating Java in Firefox
Spremenil SafeBrowser
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As posted above, it is sufficient the press the Alt or Shift key while an entry in the drop down list is highlighted to disable "Switch to tab" and see the URL instead.
- Alt + Enter opens the highlighted URL in a new tab.
- Shift + Enter opens the highlighted URL in the current tab.
- Cursor Right copies the highlighted URL to the location bar in case you want to edit it.
- bug 596485 - Provide visual indication of Switch to Tab override
- bug 673528 - using Shift to bypass "switch to tab" doesn't work anymore (loads www.domain.com.net)
Spremenil cor-el
My students and I thank all three of you. I shall print out and keep these fast timely answers in my course file for the next time I need duplicate tabs.