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when opening a webpage (such as sky news) always opens on a new tab.

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So i search for a web page such as sky news and this bring up a list as normal, however, when i click on the webpage I would expect the webpage to open on the same tab. But it does not, it opens it on a new tab!!??

So i search for a web page such as sky news and this bring up a list as normal, however, when i click on the webpage I would expect the webpage to open on the same tab. But it does not, it opens it on a new tab!!??

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update ur firefox browser version otherwise reset ur browser

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Hi Gaurav,

I have tried both of your suggestions, however, these have not resolved the issue.

Anything else you might be able to think off??

Thank you

David

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hi david, in case you are searching on google, there is a preference within google's settings which controls that behaviour: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/425