Firefox opening multiple tabs from middle clicking on bookmarks.

Almost every time I middle click on one of my bookmarks, two tabs are opened instead of one. I can't figure out why. I've got the latest version of Firefox. I tried clearing the history and cache and everything and it didn't do anything.

Sorry about the confusion.
On Mac you can find them in Firefox > Preferences > Applications

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[BUG FIXED, see "EDIT 2" at the end of my post]
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Disabling Greasemonkey solved the problem, and re-enabling it reproduced the problem (middle-clicking links to open in new tab did not work, merely highlighted the link).
I should also note that while Greasemonkey was enabled and the bug was affecting me, Ctrl+Click to open links in new tabs was also broken.
I hope this helps!
EDIT: It appears this is a known incompatibility/conflict bug between current versions of Greasemonkey and Tab Mix Plus. Read more here:
https://github.com/greasemonkey/greasemonkey/issues/1406
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+keeps+opening+many+tabs+or+windows

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Dreamweaver CS3 and Firefox 2 preview problem
Start situation:
No browsers open, then previewing page from DW and Firefox
starts and shows the page correctly. Great.
But then when Firefox is already running, previewing causes
three new tabs to be opened in Firefox, all showing the same page.
Not so nice.
Any idea what causes this problem and how to correct it?
I've already tried removing browsers from the preview in
browser list, disabled all extensions.
However, when I change the settings in Firefox so that new
pages open in a new window instead of a tab, only one new window
opens up (not three).
I think it is a problem with DW CS3 and FF together, not a
pure Firefox problem as previewing pages from other page editing
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tabs.

You're probably trying to open a pop up window... but you did
it the
wrong way and that's why multiply windows opens.
URL?
Teuvo skrev:
> Dreamweaver CS3 and Firefox 2 preview problem
>
> Start situation:
> No browsers open, then previewing page from DW and
Firefox starts and shows
> the page correctly. Great.
>
> But then when Firefox is already running, previewing
causes three new tabs to
> be opened in Firefox, all showing the same page. Not so
nice.
>
> Any idea what causes this problem and how to correct it?
>
> I've already tried removing browsers from the preview in
browser list,
> disabled all extensions.
> However, when I change the settings in Firefox so that
new pages open in a new
> window instead of a tab, only one new window opens up
(not three).
>
> I think it is a problem with DW CS3 and FF together, not
a pure Firefox
> problem as previewing pages from other page editing
tools (Notepad++,
> Expression Web, ) no not cause multiple tabs.
>
>
Kim
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