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How do I get new tabs to function? Nothing will open in a new tab.

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Azdec
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I cannot use new tabs. I use right-click and "Open in New Tab" and the tab is there but the focus does not switch to it. I can right-click on the tab and "Open in New Window" but not a new tab. If I close the first tab, to the left, the unfocused, unavailable tab opens but, then it is the only tab open.

So, I do not have tabbed browsing on the latest version of Firefox.

I cannot use new tabs. I use right-click and "Open in New Tab" and the tab is there but the focus does not switch to it. I can right-click on the tab and "Open in New Window" but not a new tab. If I close the first tab, to the left, the unfocused, unavailable tab opens but, then it is the only tab open. So, I do not have tabbed browsing on the latest version of Firefox.

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Well, I already did that with the previous version of FF when this started. I t got worse with FF v.9.

I went to a Mozilla web page that checked plugins to see if they were up to date. All of them were.

But, when I had this "Tab" problem before I remembered a solution that mentioned something about Java or Java Script being involved. The plugin test page showed no Java Plugin(s).

So, I went to the Java/Oracle website and downloaded and updated Java. Later that night I had full joy with the tabbed browsing in Firefox v.9.0.1.

Problem is solved.

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Azdec
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Well, I already did that with the previous version of FF when this started. I t got worse with FF v.9.

I went to a Mozilla web page that checked plugins to see if they were up to date. All of them were.

But, when I had this "Tab" problem before I remembered a solution that mentioned something about Java or Java Script being involved. The plugin test page showed no Java Plugin(s).

So, I went to the Java/Oracle website and downloaded and updated Java. Later that night I had full joy with the tabbed browsing in Firefox v.9.0.1.

Problem is solved.