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Upgrading from 3.6 to 10, I find that a link opens in the current tab not a new one. I don't see this option in options. How do I enable it?
In the old version of Firefox 3.6.x, clicking on a link automatically opened a new tab in the current window. You could option whether to switch to it immediately or just keep opening tabs from links in the tab being used. Now, in 10, I need to manually open a new tab before I click on a link or it will open in the tab being used. No so convenient. I preferred the way it was.
Opaite Mbohovái (1)
The default behavior of Firefox (all versions) will open a link or bookmark in the current tab when clicking only with the left mouse button.
To open a link or Bookmark in a new tab you can do any of the following:
- press the mouse scroll wheel on a link or Bookmark
- hold down the CTRL key while left-clicking the link or Bookmark
- right-click the link or Bookmark and choose "Open in a New Tab"
- See:
Some Add-ons allow options to open links and/or bookmarks automatically in a new tab by using only the left click button. You may have had such an Add-on in Firefox 3.6 that 1). is out of date and needs to be updated, or 2). is no longer being updated by the developer of the Add-on and is not working in Firefox 10.
Add-ons:
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-link-in-new-tab/?src=ss
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities-lite/
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-utilities/
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/
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Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
- Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: Installing (or Updating) the Shockwave plugin with Firefox
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox
- Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): Updating Flash in Firefox
- Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: Installing or Updating Java in Firefox
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