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When I select the Right click on the mouse on a link,on FF4 I have "Open link in New Tab" first,and then "Open link in New Window".Is there an option to select so that this will be same as FF3,with the "Open link in New Window" option first ?

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Hi. When I select the Right click on the mouse on a link, on FF4 I have "Open link in New Tab" first, and than "Open link in New Window". Is there an option that I can select so that this will show the same as FF3, with the "Open link in New Window" option first and than "Open link in New Tab" ???

Its not a big issue for me, just I would like to know if I'll be able personalize this the way I like :).

Thanks in advance. Dragan

Hi. When I select the Right click on the mouse on a link, on FF4 I have "Open link in New Tab" first, and than "Open link in New Window". Is there an option that I can select so that this will show the same as FF3, with the "Open link in New Window" option first and than "Open link in New Tab" ??? Its not a big issue for me, just I would like to know if I'll be able personalize this the way I like :). Thanks in advance. Dragan

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You can do that with this extension:

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Suluhisho teule

You can do that with this extension:

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Great. Thanks so much.

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2 Solutions found in http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/ques.../791244

the user cor-el has a method that does not require any add-ons. He States ---

This code in userChrome.css will move "Open Link in New Window" to the top of the context menu.

@namespace url("<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul</a>"); /* only needed once */
#contentAreaContextMenu > * { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 2; }
#context-openlink { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; }

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the user jay_ff shows how to do it using the Menu Editor Add-on

1. Install the Menu Editor add-on from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/menu-editor/ .

2. After the installation, go to Firefox> add-ons (or simply use Ctrl+Shift+A)

3. Go to the Menu Editor "Options"

4. In the "Main context menu," simply grab the "Open link in New Tab" and place it below the "Open Link in New Window"

5. and Voila! You may also change other menu options if you want to!


I tried jay_ff method first and found that indeed changing the Main Context Menu did cause the hotlink context menu to change as well.

Modified by CaptainCosmic