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Nightly will not allow "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately", any fixes for this?

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Jimmer_9
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Even though I check the box that is suppose to enable the new tab when I select "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" under Options/General/Tab it does not work. I have to open the new tab which it does ok, but then I have to click on it to be able to get to it.

Even though I check the box that is suppose to enable the new tab when I select "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" under Options/General/Tab it does not work. I have to open the new tab which it does ok, but then I have to click on it to be able to get to it.

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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.

cor-el
cor-el
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Works for me in the current (39) Nightly build.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window