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links wont open in new tab

Asked by RBH

whenever i click on links that go to an outside site, they open in a new WINDOW rather then a new tab even though i have it set under preferences to open links in new tab. am i missing something?

To add to this, I have followed the recommendations, and checking edit->preferences are proper, and Gnome->preferences->preferred applications is set to open a new tab.

I rebooted and still cannot just click on links to open tabs, I am forced to dual click to get a tab opened in the same FF window.

What could I be missing, something in about:config that may fix this?

Thanks

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RBH (allclearks) said : 		#1

i am using ubuntu 6.10 and firefox 2.0

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Allen Riddell (ariddell) said : 		#2

There are two places to control this behavoir. (1) in Firefox Edit->Preferences->Tabs and (2) In Gnome System->Preferences->Preferred Applications (Internet Tab). Check to see if the settings make sense.

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RBH (allclearks) said : 		#3

thanks, i found that setting and changed it with no results. i closed firefox then restarted it, double checked that i had both settings checked to open in new tabs and it still launches a new window rather then a new tab when i click a link.

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Best williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#4

Also, you can click the middle mouse button on a link to open it into a tab. Or if you only have two mouse buttons, pressing them both together should emulate the third mouse button. Note that you can also close your tabs this way without using the X to close it, just use the middle mouse button.

Best Regards,

Williamts99

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RBH (allclearks) said : 		#5

User confirmed that the request is solved.

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Tomi Urankar (tomi0) said : 		#6

U could also create a file 'user.js' in your FF profile directory and past this into it:
user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3); // open links that would open in new windows in new tab