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How to open new tabs from UrlBar & SearchBar in Firefox 57?

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SergScout
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The lack of TabMixPlus in Firefox 57 breaks my common pattern: everything entered into urlbar (address bar) or search bar opens in a new tab instead of replacing the current active tab. Is there any extension or about:config option to force Firefox 57 to always open entered URLs and searches in a new tab? I looked through about:config options but found nothing to resolve this.

The lack of TabMixPlus in Firefox 57 breaks my common pattern: everything entered into urlbar (address bar) or search bar opens in a new tab instead of replacing the current active tab. Is there any extension or about:config option to force Firefox 57 to always open entered URLs and searches in a new tab? I looked through about:config options but found nothing to resolve this.

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Shadow110
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Does not 3 Bar Menu --> Options Or copy/paste about:preferences into Address Bar then enter Under the page that opens General then down the page to Tabs and removing the ticks not do what you want ?

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Miss Raven
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I am in the same boat. I found a listing about config to open bookmarks in a new tab, but I cannot find anything to open URL bar in a new tab. I was a user a TabMixPlus, but since the update it is kaput. The about: preferences does not allow you to customize tab opening to that degree. I am looking for about:config option or the name of an extension that works like TabMixPlus.