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Middle click stopped working with yesterday's update

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balaban
balaban
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That's about it, really. The middle mouse button still scrolls (and click works fine outside of Firefox), but since updating to 32.0.1 a middle-click won't open links in new tabs, or close tabs.

Help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

That's about it, really. The middle mouse button still scrolls (and click works fine outside of Firefox), but since updating to 32.0.1 a middle-click won't open links in new tabs, or close tabs. Help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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CoryMH
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Hello,

In your about:config page, can you search for the parameter "browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick" and see if it set to true?

In order to change your Firefox Configuration please do the following steps :

  1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter. The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear.
  2. Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page.

Hopefully that solves your problem, but if not let us know.

Note: I'm not sure that it will solve the issue of not closing tabs, I notice in my own configuration that the extension Tab Mix Plus allows me to do that.