beckkeong Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 when im surfing with firefox.. and i click on a link that requires a new window to open . .how do i make FF open in a new tab instead? I've clicked on open application links in most recent window but that doesnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morebaker Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 In tabbrowser prefereces, select new tabs created by links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckkeong Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 that dosent work. . the link still opens a new window.. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jorge Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Open up a new tab and type in about:config in the address bar. All of Firefox's settings will now be listed. Copy the following to the filter box: browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs. Now you should only see one setting listed. Right click on the item, and click on Toggle on the menu that comes up. You will now have a couple of new settings in your Firefox Options window, which you can get to by opening up the Options window, by selecting Options... from the Tools menu. Once you have the Options window open, go to the Advanced section and expand the Tabbed Browsing settings. Under Tabbed Browsing, check Force links that open new windows to open in: and select either the same tab/window as the link or a new tab, depending on what your preference is. Hope that helps. It's a bit lengthy, but every step should be covered. Good luck. (Y) --- Note: This was disabled by the Firefox dev team because of "problems we were experiencing with it" and they warn that you should enable this "at your own risk - there may be crashes". - Source (under Known Issues) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 click on the link with your scrow wheel and the link will open in a tab... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 The best way I've found to do it is this: in your address bar go to about:config in filter enter "single" double click "browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs" to change it to 'true' now in filter enter: "browser.link.open" external should be set to 3 newwindow should be set to 3 and newwindow.restriction should be set to 2 This stops new windows opening unless they are links that should open in windows, such as the videos on gamespot.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckkeong Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 (edited) ok .. it works good now.. but how abt keeping the focus on the currrent tab instead of focusing on the new tabs? also . .issit possbile for firefox to remeber its last session like opera? Edited March 29, 2005 by beckkeong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosive23 Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 the best way is middle click it will keep focus on the current tab, and i know thier is a way to restore the session as firefox on my wife's notebook does that but i cant remember how to do that right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Making FireFox Open in a tab instead of a Window Yeah, FireFox claims to have tabbed-windows, BUT THEY DO NOT. You have to do all this tweaking installing, extensions and plugins. Ridiculous! M a x t h o n comes perfect straight out of the box! Plus, you have to download a bazillion extensions to get the same stuff Maxthon has originaly. Firefox SUCKS compared to Maxthon! iMaxthon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liger Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 ^ troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawx Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 ^ ogre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 ok .. it works good now.. but how abt keeping the focus on the currrent tab instead of focusing on the new tabs? Go to advanced preferences and untick "Select new tabs opened from..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Yeah, FireFox claims to have tabbed-windows, BUT THEY DO NOT. You have to do all this tweaking installing, extensions and plugins. Ridiculous! 585688905[/snapback] Not true. Until you verify your statement with a real-world demo, you're just speaking out of your ass. Don't troll. Moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckkeong Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 unticking select tabs from new links dosent work .. is there a tweak which i have to do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePhlame1337 Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 go to the firefox extension page and download the "tabbrowser preferences" extension. it's really easy and simple to use, u don't need about:config to do what u want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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