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Wo archive tread sia. Meɖekuku bia biabia yeye ne ehia kpeɖeŋu.

When I open a link it switches me to that tab even though under tools>options>tabs> I unchecked "switch to new tab immediately"

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  • Nuɖoɖo mlɔetɔ FredMcD

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When I open a link it switches me to that tab even though under tools>options>tabs> I unchecked "switch to new tab immediately". I tried opening Firefox in Safe mode and it still switches to the new tab.

When I open a link it switches me to that tab even though under tools>options>tabs> I unchecked "switch to new tab immediately". I tried opening Firefox in Safe mode and it still switches to the new tab.

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MClickFocusTab {web link} While using mouse middle-click to open new tabs, with a short- time clicking to open new tabs in background, with a long-time clicking to open new tabs in foreground.