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firefox minimizes when new tab is opened

AnonymousUser
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WHen I open certain links that open in a new tab (e.g. my bank statement has a "printable version" option and when I click on that link and it opens in a new tab) firefox suddenly minimizes and becomes a lot smaller. And I have to maximize the screen again and this becomes annoying after a while. What gives?

Oh and I'm running on a Mac (OS X).

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WHen I open certain links that open in a new tab (e.g. my bank statement has a "printable version" option and when I click on that link and it opens in a new tab) firefox suddenly minimizes and becomes a lot smaller. And I have to maximize the screen again and this becomes annoying after a while. What gives? Oh and I'm running on a Mac (OS X). == This happened == Not sure how often

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WIth the genie effect too? Try this: Go to Firefox > Preferences > Content. Beside "Enable JavaScript", click on Advanced. Uncheck Move or resize existing windows.

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Chris Ilias
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WIth the genie effect too? Try this: Go to Firefox > Preferences > Content. Beside "Enable JavaScript", click on Advanced. Uncheck Move or resize existing windows.

AnonymousUser
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That worked! Great, thanks.

cor-el
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See also: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features http://kb.mozillazine.org/JavaScript#Advanced_JavaScript_settings