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when right-clicking firefox in the task bar... v5 does NOT open a new tab, or open a new window when selected. Only crtl-N opens a new window iff Firefox is the active window.

FF-user-1
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Today FF 5.0 was DL-d and installed (automatic update is/was active). Help->About-> shows version 5.0, and there were no problems with the install.

I have ASUS G72 running W7 with the latest MS updates via auto-update.

FF is pinned to the task bar.

Previous version(s) allowed for opening new windows and tabs by right click of FF icon on task bar, and selecting "Mozilla FireFox" (which opened new window) , or selecting "Open New Window." Opening a new tab in the current session could be done by selecting "Open New Tab."

These features do not operate in the latest version (5.0), or have I fumbled the ball (by not having something set right in this version.

Thanks in advance for you help. Keep up the great work.

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Today FF 5.0 was DL-d and installed (automatic update is/was active). Help->About-> shows version 5.0, and there were no problems with the install. I have ASUS G72 running W7 with the latest MS updates via auto-update. FF is pinned to the task bar. Previous version(s) allowed for opening new windows and tabs by right click of FF icon on task bar, and selecting "Mozilla FireFox" (which opened new window) , or selecting "Open New Window." Opening a new tab in the current session could be done by selecting "Open New Tab." These features do not operate in the latest version (5.0), or have I fumbled the ball (by not having something set right in this version. Thanks in advance for you help. Keep up the great work. ;>

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David McRitchie
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If you have tabs on top and no menu then the tabs are in a "Windows" area so there is no space to right. If you put tabs back to the bottom you will have most of your old behavior but because of the changes to tabs on top most of the tab context menu stuff all of the context menu part was lost except the customize toolbar stuff, double-clicking on an empty spot was restored, and eventually during the FF 4 beta most of the tab extensions Firefox messed up eventually worked again except in the area to the right of the tabs.

The Windows part of that double-click has to maximize or restore to normal, and you have to be able to drag the window by it;'s title bar.

You can make Firefox 4.0.1 and Firefox 5.0 look like Firefox 3.6.17, see numbered items 1-10 in the following topic Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 look like 3.6)