Firefox 5.0 for Linux: sometimes the middle button on a link does nothing, sometimes it opens the link twice - What can I do?
Hello,
I just updated Firefox from 4.x to 5.0 on Ubuntu 10.10 32bit.
Since then, the middle button of the mouse works erratically on links.
Sometimes the middle button opens a new tab with the link (which is correct), then replaces the current page with the link (which is not correct).
It was particularly annoying when I tried to bypass what looks like another FF5 problem: clicking on "next" or page 2, 3, 4... on a Google results page gives nothing. Clicking with the middle button opens the page in a new tab... but also replaces the current one. Refreshing the page after clicking "next" or a page number seems to work.
Is it a bug or a config problem? What should I do from now?
Right click on the hyperlink and select “Open Link in New Tab," that will open a new tab and keep you from getting a blank page like most people get. I don't know why they changed this option. If you don't want to do that every time you can change it in the config.
1. In Firefox, type about:config into URL Location bar.
2.Click on I’ll be careful, I promise! button.
3.In the filter text box, enter the following text string with no quotations :
''''''browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent''''''
Alternatively, manually locate the preference name above.
4.The default boolean value for the browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent is “true”. Double click on the browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent to change its value to''' false'''.
5.Close the tab, and the change will take effect immediately.
Hope that helps some people..
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