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Disable opening of new tabs when selecting a newly visited page in the URL field

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How do i disable FF for android to open new tabs when i pick a recently visited page when i stand in the address field of an existing tab? If i starts typing an URL it opens in the existing tab, but if i pick a recently opened page, it opens a new tab. Even if i pick the very same site that's already open in a tab, it opens it in a new tab! This behavior is absolutely idiotic! If i want to open a new tab, i open a new tab. If i want to change the content of an existing tab, i go to the address field of that tab and pick whatever page i want to open in that tab! That's how FF on windows works, that's how it should work on android!

How do i disable FF for android to open new tabs when i pick a recently visited page when i stand in the address field of an existing tab? If i starts typing an URL it opens in the existing tab, but if i pick a recently opened page, it opens a new tab. Even if i pick the very same site that's already open in a tab, it opens it in a new tab! This behavior is absolutely idiotic! If i want to open a new tab, i open a new tab. If i want to change the content of an existing tab, i go to the address field of that tab and pick whatever page i want to open in that tab! That's how FF on windows works, that's how it should work on android!

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Hi

This is something that our developers are considering looking into. You can follow progress on this work at:

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/14866