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New tabs keep opening in new pages instead

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dustin807
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When I right click on a link and select open link in new tab, the link opens in a new page instead. How do I stop this?

When I right click on a link and select open link in new tab, the link opens in a new page instead. How do I stop this?

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cor-el
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What do you mean with a new page as opposed to a new tab? Is that a new window?

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

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For links opened via JavaScript you can look at this pref: