Firefox - open tabs at end? How?

[Technique]

I've just made the switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Yep you read that right.

 

Just setting things up & noticed that FireFox is opening tabs annoyingly. I'm a heavy tab user so say I have 8 tabs open & I'm on the left most tab. I right click a link & select to open in a new tab. I want it to open on the very right - right at the end. FireFox is being annoying & opening it directly to the right of the tab I am on.

 

Same as when I highlight a word, right click & select to search with Google.

 

It's been so long since I set up my previous (Win7) setup that I can't remember how I fixed this.

 

So .... how do I fix this?

 

And before anyone suggests this: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1295586

 

I've done what cor-el said. It didn't work, so have put the settings back to what they were. Actually only one of cor-el's settings matched. The other one was the opposite already.

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

Which version of Mozilla Firefox were you running before under Windows 7, and which version now under Windows 10?

If they are the same version, I am thinking that the issue might be that your saved settings from the Windows 7 installation have not synced with the copy running under Windows 10.

Also, I looked at the Mozilla support thread you mentioned.  Just to be clear, did you have to create the entries under about:config or were they already present?  If so, what values were they set to?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

 

[Steven P. Administrators]

Hmm I looked online but it doesn't look like there is an extension that manipulates tabs quite like TabsPlus can for Chrome. It does exactly what you want, and I swear by it.

 

 

I only use it to force new tabs from links to be opened in the foreground, something Chrome doesn't do for some odd reason.

 

Firefox now comes with Tab Groups, I haven't really explored it myself yet, but maybe that can be something if you want to stick with Firefox and you can't get that new tab as last sorted.

[NitramX9X]

Go to about:config and try setting browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent to false.

[Technique]

On 13/07/2022 at 22:56, goretsky said:

Hello,

Which version of Mozilla Firefox were you running before under Windows 7, and which version now under Windows 10?

The latest (both).

To get you an actual version number on the Win7 install I'd need to connect up the drive again but at the time it wouldn't update any further.

I set my Win7 install up back in Dec 2016. I have a vague recollection of having this problem back then too and clearly I managed to fix it one way or another. I just can't remember how.

 

And I'm on 102.0.1 on Win10 where it says up to date.

 

On 13/07/2022 at 22:56, goretsky said:

If they are the same version, I am thinking that the issue might be that your saved settings from the Windows 7 installation have not synced with the copy running under Windows 10.

I only brought over my bookmarks

On 13/07/2022 at 22:56, goretsky said:

Also, I looked at the Mozilla support thread you mentioned.  Just to be clear, did you have to create the entries under about:config or were they already present?  If so, what values were they set to?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

 

Yes (about:config).

The entries were already present as:

 

browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent - FALSE

browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent - TRUE

 

On 13/07/2022 at 23:05, Steven P. said:

Hmm I looked online but it doesn't look like there is an extension that manipulates tabs quite like TabsPlus can for Chrome. It does exactly what you want, and I swear by it.

 

 

I only use it to force new tabs from links to be opened in the foreground, something Chrome doesn't do for some odd reason.

 

Firefox now comes with Tab Groups, I haven't really explored it myself yet, but maybe that can be something if you want to stick with Firefox and you can't get that new tab as last sorted.

I do have Chrome, and I use it for some things. Especially when for some reason some websites refuse to function with FireFox which is annoying.

But I prefer to use FireFox as my main browser.

 

Though you make a point - I need to check out what the tabbing is like on Chrome since I moved to Win10

 

*** Oh & I should probably clarify as it may explain/make a difference ..... I didn't upgrade my Win7 install. I clean installed Win10 on a totally different SSD.

 

On 13/07/2022 at 23:28, NitramX9X said:

Go to about:config and try setting browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent to false.

 

As above. It's already at that setting without me even altering it.

[Technique]

I've sorted this issue now.

 

I read that link late at night. When I was searching for how to have tabs opening at the right, that thread came up.

 

I didn't realise at the time, but their problem is different to mine, not the same as mine. They actually have the situation I want & I have the situation they want.

 

Once realised & values changed accordingly, problem sorted

 

Sorry.