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How do I make firefox open a new tab and not a new window every time I click on something?

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Yurie
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I just installed Firefox 41.0.2... how do I make it so that instead of opening a new window everytime I click on something it opens just a new tab??

I just installed Firefox 41.0.2... how do I make it so that instead of opening a new window everytime I click on something it opens just a new tab??

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Scribe
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Hi, please see the tabs settings under General in - Startup, home page, tabs, and download settings and select 'Open new windows in a new tab instead.'

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