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Open email links in browser in background

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tjwentzel
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I want to be able to click on a link in an email and have it open in my browser without changing the page focus from the email to the browser. Can this be done?

I want to be able to click on a link in an email and have it open in my browser without changing the page focus from the email to the browser. Can this be done?

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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If the browser is Firefox, type about:config in the address bar, Enter, and toggle browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground to true.

tjwentzel
tjwentzel Question owner
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The browser is Brave, not Firefox. Can Thunderbird be set to call Firefox for this, instead of Brave? I don't want to change my default browser.

sfhowes
sfhowes
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Unless you set Fx as the default, I'm not aware of a way to do this with other browsers. Try consulting Brave forums to see if there is a setting like the one for Fx.