I want to right click and choose "search google for '...'" and have the results open in a new tab in the background.

firefox 19.0
windows xp service pack 3

hello, its possible to achieve this through the settings in firefox - just enter '''about:config''' into the firefox location bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named '''browser.search.context.loadInBackground'''. double-click it and change its value to '''true'''.

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