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I have just upgraded my desktop to Win11 and have an issue now with Firefox.

I have When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately checked, but when I open a bookmark or click on a link, the new tab opens, but FF does not switch to it immediately.

I've done a search here, but only find questions on how not to switch immediately. ;)

I have just upgraded my desktop to Win11 and have an issue now with Firefox. I have ''When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately'' checked, but when I open a bookmark or click on a link, the new tab opens, but FF does not switch to it immediately. I've done a search here, but only find questions on how not to switch immediately. ;)

Ọ̀nà àbáyọ tí a yàn

I found the issue.

I use the Group Seed Dial extension as my home page.

The setting to open new tabs in the foreground needed to be checked.

All is good.

Thanks for the help.

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A normal left-mouse-click on bookmarks or links should open them by default in the active tab or in some cases a new active tab. Go to about:config and make sure browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground is default false.

Does it still happen in Troubleshoot Mode?

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No joy.

browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground is set to false and the new tabs open in the foreground in troubleshooting mode.

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Can you give an example of a link that does this?

Does it still happen in a new profile? An easy way to test a new profile is to install Developer Edition and see if it happens there or refresh your existing profile.

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Ọ̀nà àbáyọ Tí a Yàn

I found the issue.

I use the Group Seed Dial extension as my home page.

The setting to open new tabs in the foreground needed to be checked.

All is good.

Thanks for the help.