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Open link in background tab

cpkingsyr
cpkingsyr
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My style of browsing appears to be incompatible with FF57. I like to go through a page, opening multiple links in background tabs (which I like to appear at the end of my tab list, all the way to the right) then I go to each one and read them once I've gone through a blog or whatever it is and found all the things I want to read.

The right click option of open link in a new background tab is gone. And opening in a new tab sets the new tab immediately after the one I'm in, which I don't want. Can you please restore background tab behavior to its previous form? Or add an option to do so?

My style of browsing appears to be incompatible with FF57. I like to go through a page, opening multiple links in background tabs (which I like to appear at the end of my tab list, all the way to the right) then I go to each one and read them once I've gone through a blog or whatever it is and found all the things I want to read. The right click option of open link in a new background tab is gone. And opening in a new tab sets the new tab immediately after the one I'm in, which I don't want. Can you please restore background tab behavior to its previous form? Or add an option to do so?

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Mkll
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Right click >> open link in new tab.

cpkingsyr
cpkingsyr Question owner
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No, that opens it in a foreground tab. I want control over whether it opens in the background or the foreground. I can change my settings so opening a new tab won't switch to it, but I don't always want that. I want to choose with every link whether I want it in the background or not.

And that also doesn't fix that it opens immediately next to the tab I was on. Background tabs used to open at the end of the tab list. This has been standard in every single Firefox ever released and is suddenly gone.

Mkll
Mkll
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I'm sorry this did not fix your issues, tab API is still being worked on for WebExtensions!

cpkingsyr
cpkingsyr Question owner
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Ok, well hopefully it gets fixed eventually. I don't really want to go searching for an add on just to get something that seems like a basic part of a browser but whatever works.

Michael Jonas
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cpkingsyr said

My style of browsing appears to be incompatible with FF57. I like to go through a page, opening multiple links in background tabs (which I like to appear at the end of my tab list, all the way to the right) then I go to each one and read them once I've gone through a blog or whatever it is and found all the things I want to read. The right click option of open link in a new background tab is gone. And opening in a new tab sets the new tab immediately after the one I'm in, which I don't want. Can you please restore background tab behavior to its previous form? Or add an option to do so?