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Cmd-click opens link in same tab instead of new one

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This seems to happen sometimes with Firefox Developer 130.0b9 on macOS 14.6.1 —

While holding down ⌘ (cmd) key and clicking a link, such as a Google search result, the link opens in the same window, rather than a new tab. The same goes for private browser windows.

This doesn't seem to happen on all websites (such as this one), so I don't know what the conditions are for opening links in new tabs where it does or does not work. Any insights?

This seems to happen ''sometimes'' with Firefox Developer 130.0b9 on macOS 14.6.1 — While holding down ⌘ (cmd) key and clicking a link, such as a Google search result, the link opens in the same window, rather than a new tab. The same goes for private browser windows. This doesn't seem to happen on all websites (such as this one), so I don't know what the conditions are for opening links in new tabs where it does or does not work. Any insights?

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Jonny
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It looks like the https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-no-tracking-url/ addon might be the issue here. I'll leave this post up in case anyone else comes across the same issue.

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