How do I force firefox to open links in same tab/window?

[OilyFish]

This old fish HAD 0.9 opening all links in the same tab/window (unless of course I middle clicked) and I can't remember if it was a setting or extension or what but when I upgraded to 1.0 - ACK - it started opening new windows - I managed to get it to only open background tabs using the tab extension but that's the best I can do. Damn I hate losing the brain cells but that's the way it goes. I guess this is a pet peeve of mine - if I want a new window/tab I know how to open it all by myself.

Anybody know how to pull this off? There used to be a "this window" extension which added an open in this window option to the context menu but then I did something so I could just click and NO new tab/window.


Thanks in advance.


O.F.

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Firefox 1.0 does not open tabs for me.

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_reuse

Reveal More Tab/Window Options

There are some hidden options for the Tabbed Browsing that will allow you to force links that open new windows to open in the current or a new tab. First, add the following code to your user.js file:

// Reveal more tab/window options:
user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs" , true);

Restart Firefox and go to Tools > Options... (Edit > Preferences... under Linux and MacOS X), select Advanced and click on Tabbed Browsing. The following options should be visible:
Force links that open new windows to open in:
the same tab/window as the link
a new tab

The options should be self-explanatory.

Good luck

[OilyFish]

Thankyou!

This was what I had done the last time and couldn't remember. In my fumbling around I made the mistake of installing the Tab Extensions which kept the

"Force links that open new windows to open in:
the same tab/window as the link
a new tab"

option from showing up. So I uninstalled that extension and now I'm happily back where I was with 0.9.

Thanks again.

O.F.

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