Firefox Won't Open a New Tab.

I can not open a blank tab by right clicking the tabs then left clicking on new tab, nor by pressing CTRL & T or clicking the plus button by the far right side of all the tabs. I can only open a link to a new tab. Although it is not a major detriment to my browsing. It has become quite a nuisance.

Users have reported that the '''''Ask Toolbar''''' causes new tabs to not open. Un-install the '''''Ask Toolbar''''' until Ask fixes the problem with their toolbar.
*http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons
*http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cannot%20uninstall%20an%20add-on
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars

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'''''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Start Firefox in Safe Mode]''''' {web link}
While you are in safe mode;
Press the '''<Alt>''' or '''<F10>''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Followed by;
Windows; '''Tools > Options'''
Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
Mac; ''application name'' '''> Preferences'''
Then '''Advanced > General.'''
Look for and turn off '''Use Hardware Acceleration'''.
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The system requires that I put something into this box ... but I think the question is pretty clear and self explanatory.

Uninstall '''''Ask Toolbar'''''; it causes that problem. See [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons Uninstalling add-ons] '''''and''''' [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cannot%20uninstall%20an%20add-on Cannot uninstall an add-on]
'''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when signed-in to the forum.'''
Not related to your question, but....
You need to update some plug-ins:
*Plug-in check: https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
*Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing%20the%20Flash%20plugin#w_updating-flash Updating Flash in Firefox]

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Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

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Stephanie

That can a problem with the Ask.com toolbar (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions)
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

The command "firefox" doesn't open a new tab in a working Firefox

When Firefox is running and I try to open a new tab from the shell, for example `firefox -new-tab www.google.com` it will complain that firefox is already running. Obviously it tries to start a new instance instead of communicating with the running one. But I can't figure it out why it behaves as such.
Here's a screenshot:
http://imgur.com/yprXo
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Found the issue.
I was using the -no-remote option to start Firefox from my awesome menu.
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Firefox will not open a new tab

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'''Try the Firefox SafeMode''' to see how it works there. 
''A troubleshooting mode, which disables most Add-ons.'' 
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode#w_safe-mode-window_2 Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Firefox SafeMode]
* You can open the Firefox 15.0+ SafeMode by holding the '''Shft''' key when you use the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* Or use the Help menu item, click on '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled...''' while Firefox is running.
''To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before using the Firefox shortcut (without the Shft key) to open it again.''
'''''If it is good in the Firefox SafeMode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes 
Or it might be caused by Hardware Acceleration.
''When you figure out what is causing that, please let us know. It might help other user's who have that problem.''

Firefox won't open on new installation

I have just installed arch 64 on this machine, and firefox won't open. I can't get any kind of feedback out of the process either. It just sits there, using hardly any cpu, but nothing happens.
ldd /usr/bin/firefox gives me no errors.
This is the output from gdb:
gdb firefox
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.1
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/firefox...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) c
The program is not being run.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/firefox
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3400.3-gdb.py", line 9, in <module>
from gobject import register
File "/usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb/gobject.py", line 3, in <module>
import gdb.backtrace
ImportError: No module named backtrace
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Then it just sits there forever, spawning and killing new processes. Firefox never appears.
Any ideas?
Last edited by rezza (2013-02-12 11:13:14)

debijan wrote:try this:
firefox -P -no-remote -safe-mode
In order to test the problem, I think my suggestion is better; at least as a first try. Without Firefox running and without ~/.mozilla; no misconfiguration should prevent Firefox to run. The options you suggest will try to disable any problematic configuration. It can be usefull if you need to start Firefox to fix a configuration problem; but as a firt try renaming the ~/.mozilla is better because you are sure that Firefox can't read anything that can hurt it. Only after having figured out that a bad ~/.mozilla is the cause of the problem, we can try to fix the configuration (or restart with a new configuration).
Last edited by olive (2013-02-12 15:56:15)

Firefox does not open a new tab when you click the plus sign button which is actually a shortcut for opening a new tab. You have to open a new firefox window in order to get a new tab. Please help. Thanks.

I didn't have this problem before with Firefox. My kids must have pressed something or clicked on something that's the open new tab button does not function anymore. No matter how you click it, it doesn't open a new tab. Even if you click on file, then go to new tab, it still doesn't open a new tab. You have to open a new firefox window in order to do multiple browsing.
Hope you can help resolve this problem.
Sincerely,
Ems Guillarte

Uninstall the Ask toolbar and it should work again. There is a compatibility issue with the Ask toolbar and Firefox that prevents new tabs from being opened. Checking your list of add-ons, the MyPlayCity toolbar is a version of the Ask toolbar.
There are a couple of places to check for the Ask toolbar:
* Check the Windows Control panel for the Ask Toolbar - http://about.ask.com/apn/toolbar/docs/default/faq/en/ff/index.html#na4
* Also check your list of extensions, you may be able to uninstall it from there - https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons

Firefox doesn't open a new tab unless I access a random link. How do I fix this?

The problem that I have with my Firefox browser is that when I click the '+' button to open a new tab, it doesn't open. But if I click on some random link, it opens in a new tab. This has been going on for almost 2 weeks and I don't know what could have caused this problem. I hope that you can help me. I tried reinstalling Firefox, but the problem persists. Thank you.

I suggest you to upgrade your browser to Firefox 7 and check:
* getfirefox.com

Since yesterday clicking on a link in an email message firefox doesn't open a new tab with that particular website.

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It's a good idea to try disabling Flash completely and see whether the problem continues. If it does, then my guess is incorrect. To test that, open this tab:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > Plugins category
Here you can locate Shockwave Flash and use the Disable button. Keep this tab open for easy access when doing your test.
''If your test confirms that Flash is causing the problem,'' then the other thread has two suggested workarounds. The first is simple to understand (keep some Flash running at all times) but may be inconvenient to do all the time. The second is trickier because it requires editing a file in (or creating and then dragging a file into) a system folder. Fortunately you only need to do it once.

Firefox could not open 300 new tab with content loading

Dear All,
Thanks for good support in web browser world.Directly i come to the question.I have excel sheet where it has 300 hyperlinks as given below(example links 3)My Excel macro is written in such a way that this will open all the link in firefox "new tab " one by one.It was perfect and page was loading in previous versions(i could not remember the exact version but i could say an year before when i used firefox it worked well).Now i am having issues opening 300 new tabs with links.It gets started loading the page but before one page loading gets completed too many new links are opening but the page is not fully loaded at all.When i click the tab for each link and see in the browser the green clour processing round sysmbol keeps on rotating.Can you please look into this issue.
If you want i can be contacted through email or if the information is not clear i am ready to connect through web sharing or to have a call.If you want spreadsheet for testing this issue i will send it.
Link Used in Excel sheet example : 300 links in same site with differrent page:
http://chartink.com/stocks/RECLTD.html
http://chartink.com/stocks/bpcl.html
http://chartink.com/stocks/itc.html
Expecting your positive reply at the earliest.Thank you!
Regards,
Marx
edit: removed your mail address from public display, since the only thing it will attract are spam bots. you will be notified per mail once somebody replies to the thread. (philipp)

Hi Marx,
With this kind of data testing it is helpful to provide context to the issue you are trying to document. This technical information is very useful to the engineers working on the performance of Firefox and I am sure this is the kind of information they would love to see.
Therefore I would like to put you in touch with this team to see what they can do with this information. Talk to the #perf channel in irc and they should be able to put you in the right direction. I am asking currently and see what I can find. Or in the meantime check out the current tab bugs in the Performance component of bugzilla provided in the search below: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=tab%20performance&list_id=9361049]

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