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is there a way when opening bookmarks you stay on the original opened tab till done and only open when you click the tab

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buseric
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when opening bookmarks it jumps to that tab right away and opens. is there a setting so when you are opening bookmarks you stay on the tab you were on before going to bookmarks and those windows wont open till you click that tab>

when opening bookmarks it jumps to that tab right away and opens. is there a setting so when you are opening bookmarks you stay on the tab you were on before going to bookmarks and those windows wont open till you click that tab>

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hello buseric, you can try the following: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground. double-click it and change its value to true. now when you middle-click (or ctrl-click) a bookmark it will open in a tab in the background...

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philipp
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hello buseric, you can try the following: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground. double-click it and change its value to true. now when you middle-click (or ctrl-click) a bookmark it will open in a tab in the background...

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thanks that worked