Firefox 2 removes option to “Force link that open new window to open in new tab”. I found this to be very disappointing, since I always activate this option. Working with tabs is one of the reason I use Firefox, if some sites force me to open new window, it is just as annoying as using MSIE 6 again!!
So here is how you can set this in Firefox 2:
Open about:config and set:
browser.link.open_external -> 3
browser.link.open_newwindow -> 3
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction -> 2
And you’re done!
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You’re right, I don’t know why FF 2.0 disabling this future in default (like in FF 1.5.x), annoying..
I’ll try your setting… Thanks a lot
nb:
isn’t it need to be restarted after applying the config?
Hm, nice..
Everyone should have their own way to use this browser.
So it would be not good if Firefox try to remove this feature.
to Andi:
I’ve tried it before, and I don’t need to restart my browser.
This should fix the problem..
Tab Mix Plus:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/
I’ve just tried it, and worked!
some open-new-window links specify the size of the window, in which case the following needs to be 0 to keep it from opening a new window:
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
Thank you for the tip, Jan!
I cant find the reason why, but when i upgraded from FF1.5 to FF2.0 the only thing that i didnt like was the fact that when i used to perform a search in Google, each click of a result would open in a new tab, which is how i set my Tab Mix addin. No for some bizzare reason, the first click opens a new tab, but then each click on another search result overwrites the new tab.
Thanks for the tip. I missed not having this feature in the settings for FF2.
thanks very much for this – it’s been annoying me since the upgrade and now it’s fixed!! yay~
Do you guys know which setting will force new links to open in a separate tab.
When searching on Google my preferences are set to open results in a new window and in FF 2 news pages to open in a new tab. The first result will open a new tab and each result I click after that opens in that same tab.
Thank you very much for the tip. I hope this gets to the top of google so everyone will go here first
specify target=”_new” in the hyperlink in asp.net or anchor tag in html.
Unfortunately it dosent work in IE and works in Mozilla and Netscape
It’s been a long time since Jan posted but nevertheless i wanted to thank him/her. I have been searching for this kind of solution for SO long.
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH JAN!!