# Firefox / Open New Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940 "2008-03-27T17:33:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/1 "2008-03-27T17:33:13Z")
How do I get “Open New Thread” to be the top choice when I #2 click on a link? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/2 "2008-03-27T17:39:45Z")
Move your mouse over the New Thread icon. Right-click. Select “Open Link In New Tab.” ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/3 "2008-03-27T18:55:19Z")
Or, if you have a mouse with a scrollwheel, use that (i.e. - click the scroll wheel instead of the left mouse button). If you don’t, Ctrl-click. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/4 "2008-03-27T19:06:43Z")
I totally messed this thread up. I wrote it one. Firefox wanted to restart after updating and I lost the window with the write-up. What I meant was: When #2 click in Firefox on a link I get the menu: Hyperwords Open in New Window Open in New Tab Now, how do I get the “Open in New Tab” to the top of the list? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/5 "2008-03-27T20:11:38Z")
Perhaps you could define “#2 click” as I have no idea what that is. (Do you mean double-click or right-click or what?) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/6 "2008-03-27T20:21:30Z")
Are you asking how to edit the right-click menu in Firefox? Changing the order of things (or removing some entries) would be good. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/7 "2008-03-27T20:41:52Z")
Googling “edit right-click menu firefox” got me here: [Menu Editor Firefox add-on](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/710) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/8 "2008-03-27T20:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] When #2 click in Firefox on a link I get the menu: Hyperwords Open in New Window Open in New Tab Now, how do I get the “Open in New Tab” to the top of the list? [/QUOTE] Just clicking on a link with the mouse scrolling wheel should open the link in a new tab. That should be the default Firefox action, and in fact it was the reason I first tried Firefox. I assume your mouse has that wheel and you haven’t already assigned the scroll wheel click to some other function. There are lots of ways and add-ons to customize the mouse click actions. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/9 "2008-03-27T20:56:10Z")
Wow. Gotta love Firefox. All this stuff you didn’t know you couldn’t live without until somebody comes up with it and makes it available. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/10 "2008-03-28T03:48:21Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] Perhaps you could define “#2 click” as I have no idea what that is. (Do you mean double-click or right-click or what?) [/QUOTE] I’m so glad you said that. I was actually reading this thread to find out what that meant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/11 "2008-03-31T16:57:55Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] …define "#2 click… [/QUOTE] #1 is first (index) finger; #2 is second (middle) finger. Lefties don’t have to translate. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-open-new-thread/442940/12 "2008-03-31T17:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Lefties don’t have to translate. [/QUOTE] I’m a lefty, but mouse with my right hand like most everyone else. 😛