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Open search result in a new tab ONLY when searched from the context menu

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rinopo
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Hi,

I'm trying to make my firefox setting to achieve the following behavior (both at the same time), but in vain:

- Show search result in the same tab (the one currently focused/shown) when I search from the search bar.

- Show search result in a new tab only when I search from the context menu, i. e. selecting some text in a page and then right clicking to choose "Search Google for [some text]".

Is there any way to do this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, I'm trying to make my firefox setting to achieve the following behavior (both at the same time), but in vain: - Show search result in the same tab (the one currently focused/shown) when I search from the search bar. - Show search result in a new tab only when I search from the context menu, i. e. selecting some text in a page and then right clicking to choose "Search Google for [some text]". Is there any way to do this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Ilungisiwe ngu rinopo

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philipp
philipp
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hello, yes this should be possible. enter about:config into the firefox location bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.search.context.loadInBackground. double-click it and change its value to true.

rinopo
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Thank you very much for the swift reply.

It worked.

It seems like

browser.search.context.loadInBackground;true

AND

browser.search.openintab;false

would achieve what I wanted.