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Is There a Feature to Open Tabs or Windows "Behind" Other Tabs?

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lisabrown
lisabrown
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Hi, all. I don't know if there is a particular feature for opening tabs or windows, but when you click a link, a new tab/window opens up and the new webpage is opened in front of you. Is there a way to make the tabs/window open in behind the other tabs one has already open? I can't really explain well, what I am needing, I just thought there might be a feature that when clicking on a link, the tab will open up behind the other tabs.

Hi, all. I don't know if there is a particular feature for opening tabs or windows, but when you click a link, a new tab/window opens up and the new webpage is opened in front of you. Is there a way to make the tabs/window open in behind the other tabs one has already open? I can't really explain well, what I am needing, I just thought there might be a feature that when clicking on a link, the tab will open up behind the other tabs.

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rainsome
rainsome
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Hello lisabrown,

This can be done with a few clicks. Open Firefox settings by clicking:

MENU > TOOLS > OPTIONS

On that page look for various options under "Tabs". Please make sure the two following settings are checked.

"Open new windows in a new tab instead" and "Don’t load tabs until selected"

Once you do this the pages will load as you wanted above.

Please let me know whether or not this helps.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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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.