Firefox - open new windows in tabs

chrismox · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:29

I am trying to force all new windows to open in tabs rather than windows.

According to http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_reuse I should be able to add user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true); to reveal extra tab options in the advanced options.

I've added this to my user.js but the options are not appearing.

Anyone got any ideas or has this been removed from Firefox 2?

Helium_Junkie · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:38

Just middle click any links?
Do you want the middle click functionality with a left click?
Think of the millions of old tabs you'd have when reading forums or something.

Craig321 · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:40

Tools>Options>Tabs>A new tab

Scottland · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:49

Tab Mix Plus will let you do this, although I'm fairly certain you can do it by default in the options.

chrismox · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:49

Nope, doesn't work:

chrismox · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:50

Scottland said:
Tab Mix Plus will let you do this, although I'm fairly certain you can do it by default in the options.

That's what I used to use but it's incompatible with firefox 2

Scottland · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:52

chrismox said:
That's what I used to use but it's incompatible with firefox 2

There is a beta/rc version that works, the link is in the dev. comments in the Tab Mix Plus page on the addons bit of the FF site. The final version will be out soon from what I gather.

chrismox · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:54

Scottland said:
There is a beta/rc version that works, the link is in the dev. comments in the Tab Mix Plus page on the addons bit of the FF site. The final version will be out soon from what I gather.

Fantastic - thanks, all working now

Craig321 · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:54

Popups will always open in a new window. With the option I posted above it'll open new window links in another tab, but it'll still open popups in a new window.

chrismox · 1 Nov 2006 at 16:56

Craig321 said:
Popups will always open in a new window. With the option I posted above it'll open new window links in another tab, but it'll still open popups in a new window.

Popups open in a new tab now that I've found a compatible version of Tab Mix Plus