Mozilla Firefox Question

Factual Questions
1

Firefox currently opens some sites in a new window instead of a new tab. I looked through the options and couldn’t find an option to stop it from doing that. I couldn’t find the option so I checked to see the help if there was one. The help section shows it as an option under advanced options. However when I go to advanced options the option to force websites to open in a new tab simply isn’t there :confused: . I am looking the correct spot but my advanced options is simply one short of what the help has listed. Any other Dopers have this problem?

2

At least in my Firefox version, it is possible to right-click a link and choose to open it in a new tab, and this always works. Clicking with the center mouse key will do the same. Then again, I’m not 100 % sure whether this is what you’re asking. If what you want to know is how you can set this as default setting so Firefox opens every link in a new tab without telling it to do so, then I don’t know; I looked around in the Options menu and the help section, but didn’t find it.

3

Some websites when you click on a link it opens up in a new window instead of a new tab. If you go to help->options->advanced you should see a option that says Force links that open new windows to open with an option for new tab or same tab as the link. But when I go to the actual option menu that it shows in the help that option is not there.

4

I think it might have to do with how the webpage (the link itself) was originally set up, and not to do with Firefox. Could be wrong though.

5

You are right but under in the “help” section it lists an option of forcing those links to open in a new tab.

6

Are you using any extensions (in particular, the TabBrowser Extension)? I think TBE moves or replaces some of your Preferences items. If so, check under the TBE preferences for an appropriate item, probably under TBE>Use Tab>Links.

7

Hrm I installed the tab extension and it is now doing what I want it to so my problem is solved. However that wasn’t the problem before just that the option wasn’t there. Wierd but whatever its working now. Thanks