Events

Tab Opening

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Control what action will open new tab, and if the new tab get the focus (select)

  • Middle-click new tab button to open URLs or search for text from clipboard new since Firefox 115

Open tabs from

  • Bookmarks
  • Groups of bookmarks When checked “Open All in Tabs” will open the bookmarks in new tabs, when unchecked the bookmarks will replace all tabs that are not locked or protected.
  • History
  • Address bar
  • Search bar

Alt+Enter reverse these preferences.
For example when the preference to open new tab from Address bar is on, Enter will open the address in new tab while Alt+Enter will open the address in current tab. When the preference is off, the command is reversed and Alt+Enter will open the address in new tab.

  • Middle-click or Control-click opens items in current tab.
    Only for bookmarks, history, links forced to open in new tab

Focus/Select tabs that open by these action

  • Links
  • Diverted windows
  • Other applications
  • New tab commands
  • Duplicate Tab
  • Address bar
  • Search bar
  • Context menu search for
  • Bookmarks/History
  • Groups of bookmarks

Inverse Middle-click or Control-click focus for tabs opened by these action

  • Links
  • Bookmarks/History, Address bar, Search bar
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