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Open address bar url / searches in background

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Hello, I've set FF to open addresses and search from the url bar in a new tab. I want to set that tab to open in the background, which is something I've managed to do in the past, but I can't find this option now.

What's the about:config parameter for this? Thanks

Hello, I've set FF to open addresses and search from the url bar in a new tab. I want to set that tab to open in the background, which is something I've managed to do in the past, but I can't find this option now. What's the about:config parameter for this? Thanks

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You can open in a background tab by holding down the Shift key while middle-clicking the Go arrow button or Ctrl+Shift+left-click or Alt+Shift+Enter.

zeroknight said

You can open in a background tab by holding down the Shift key while middle-clicking the Go arrow button or Ctrl+Shift+left-click or Alt+Shift+Enter.

I know but I want the tab in background to be the default option, this is a workaround... Thanks

The address bar does not stay open after clicking though, so opening multiple suggested items in the background still wouldn't be very easy.

zeroknight said

The address bar does not stay open after clicking though, so opening multiple suggested items in the background still wouldn't be very easy.

But there's a way to make urls and searches to open a tab in the background by default, and this is what I am looking for...

You could try making this preference true : browser.search.openintab

Terry said

You could try making this preference true : browser.search.openintab

It was already set to true.