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Links in search results do not open new tabs.

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I'm missing something here and in other threads on this subject. I used to be able to search in the search bar, using google, for instance, and a new tab would open with the search results. Then if I left clicked on a link within the search results another new tab would open and switch to the linked page.

I don't remember how that was set up, but I know I didn't have to go into about:config or install a special add-on for that. I think it was set up in the tab mix plus add-on.

I have no problem with the search results opening a new tab, it's that I now have to middle-click on a link or right-click + click on "open in new tab".

What changed here and why? My old method worked in Ver. 21, it Changed in Ver. 22.

It seems like all these "updates" remove stuff we used to have with no notice and then come up with more finger clicks and config edits to do what was straight forward before.

I'm missing something here and in other threads on this subject. I used to be able to search in the search bar, using google, for instance, and a new tab would open with the search results. Then if I left clicked on a link within the search results another new tab would open and switch to the linked page. I don't remember how that was set up, but I know I didn't have to go into about:config or install a special add-on for that. I think it was set up in the tab mix plus add-on. I have no problem with the search results opening a new tab, it's that I now have to middle-click on a link or right-click + click on "open in new tab". What changed here and why? My old method worked in Ver. 21, it Changed in Ver. 22. It seems like all these "updates" remove stuff we used to have with no notice and then come up with more finger clicks and config edits to do what was straight forward before.

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For the search bar on the Navigation Toolbar you can set the browser.search.openintab pref to true on the about:config page.

For the Google website you can make the change on the Google Search Settings page that you can open via the gear icon on the Google results page.

Note that you can always force a link to open in a new tab by middle-clicking the link.
This also works for some buttons (Home, entries in the Back & Forward button drop-down list etc.) and some context menu entries.

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For the search bar on the Navigation Toolbar you can set the browser.search.openintab pref to true on the about:config page.

For the Google website you can make the change on the Google Search Settings page that you can open via the gear icon on the Google results page.

Note that you can always force a link to open in a new tab by middle-clicking the link.
This also works for some buttons (Home, entries in the Back & Forward button drop-down list etc.) and some context menu entries.

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I already had the browser.search.openintab pref set to true. The real answer I needed was the info about Google settings. I hadn't looked at that for years. That fixed me up. I just checked the box for "Open each selected result in a new browser window." Seems to be working.

 Thanks much.
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Hi relem, I believe that preference is saved in a cookie, so if you installed any privacy add-ons or cleared cookies recently, that might explain how the setting got lost or blocked.

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