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Opening a link: the dropdown menu has changed! Why?

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  • Valiny farany nomen'i CaptainCosmic

badbob
badbob
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In previous versions of Firefox, the first selection in the dropdown menu was "open link in new window" when selecting a link with right click.

In Firefox 4, the first selection is now "open link in new tab".

For those of us used to the previous versions, this is frustrating!

Why the change?

In previous versions of Firefox, the first selection in the dropdown menu was "open link in new window" when selecting a link with right click. In Firefox 4, the first selection is now "open link in new tab". For those of us used to the previous versions, this is frustrating! Why the change?

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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You can change it back using the Menu Editor extension.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/710

badbob
badbob Tompon'ny fanontaniana
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Thanks! But....why was it changed in the first place? That's what I'd like to know.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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You can search Bugzilla for the bug that brought about that change, if you really have to know "why".

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

CaptainCosmic
CaptainCosmic
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2 Solutions found in http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/ques.../791244

the user cor-el has a method that does not require any add-ons. He States ---

This code in userChrome.css will move "Open Link in New Window" to the top of the context menu. 

@namespace url("<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul</a>"); /* only needed once */
#contentAreaContextMenu > * { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2; }
#context-openlink { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; }

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the user jay_ff shows how to do it using the Menu Editor Add-on

1. Install the Menu Editor add-on from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/menu-editor/ .

2. After the installation, go to Firefox> add-ons (or simply use Ctrl+Shift+A)

3. Go to the Menu Editor "Options"

4. In the "Main context menu," simply grab the "Open link in New Tab" and place it below the "Open Link in New Window"

5. and Voila! You may also change other menu options if you want to!


I tried jay_ff method first and found that indeed changing the Main Context Menu did cause the hotlink context menu to change as well.

Novain'i CaptainCosmic t@