Javascript popups open in new tab

I'm finding that links that used to open in javascript-controlled sized popup windows now open as a new tab. Sometimes this is nice, but most of the time it's frustrating.
Is this a setting somewhere?

I agree, what's with this?

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PopUps open in new tab?

Is there anyway you can have pop ups open in another tab rather than a new window?
Like FF2 every link that is a pop up just opens up in a new tab rather than a new window like in Safari.
Have i missed a setting or can it not be done?

In Safari, Command-clicking on a link will open most links in new tabs, even when the web page has the link coded to open in a new window.
But some JavaScript used to open links in new windows overrides that behavior in Safari, forcing the links to open in a new page even when you Command-click. In those cases, Starman's solution is your next option.

I get a "JavaScript Application - Reference Error: XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper is not defined" error every time I try to open a new tab.

<blockquote>Locking duplicate thread.<br>
Please continue here: [/questions/777191]</blockquote><br>
Just like the title says, starting with Firefox 4 Beta 6 or 7, I forgot. Any time I try to open a new blank tab (sometimes even when I start up Firefox and the app tabs load) I get an error that says "JavaScript Application - Reference Error: XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper is not defined" If I close it everything works as normal again (until I open a new tab) but it is very annoying to have to do this. Is there any fix for this or is the bug just still there?

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

Getting popups in Firefox every time I open a new tab, usually with some relvance to past browsing content

Some are for Walmart, some are for Best Buy, and lots of others I can't remember exactly what they were. A few seconds after I open a new tab, an audio message will begin to play, followed by a popup window that is a sales pitch.

Do a malware check with some malware scan programs.<br />
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.<br />
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
* http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and [[Searches are redirected to another site]]

How do I re-order popup-menu (open in new tab to the top)

Popup-menu is reordered to have share-option at the top in the new version of android browser.
How do I change the open in new tab-option to be the topmost option?

Hi mtolvane,
Currently in the customize options of Firefox for Android, this is not a feature. I would recommend requesting the feature in a bug.
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025326] I filed this bug.

How can I make "Open Link in New Tab" open the new tab in the same window, not a different window?

When I Ctrl-click a link and choose "Open Link in New Tab" it chooses to open the new tab in a different window (one that's already open) rather than opening the new tab in the same window. Even though the other window is minimized, it automatically gets restored and placed on top of the window I was in. This interferes with my context, forcing me to minimize the window again to get back to the one I was in before. I want the new tab to open in the same window, so I can still see the tab I was in. Some links seem to have the "Open Link in New Tab" behavior automatically, so I never know when I'm going to get thrown out of my current window. Very annoying.

If you have a mouse with a scroll button then try to middle click the link to open the link in a new tab.
It is also possible that the links use onclick JavaScript instead of a href to specify the action.
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow

When I open a new tab it opens in the wrong window

I have 3 or 4 windows containing lots of relevant tabs open at all times. Helps me organize my work stuff. All of a sudden today if I try to open a new tab in one window it opens in another window. Incredibly irritating and will be a huge problem when I'm back to work tomorrow morning. Can anybody help?

You may be working in a ''dialog window''.
Starting in Firefox 4, it is intended behavior that a dialog window not be able to have new tabs. However, the developers may have applied this principle to too many styles of windows merely because the window is "small."
To open a new "normal" window, you can press Ctrl+n or use File > New Window.
A bug already has been filed (many, actually) complaining about this change, and suggesting some tweaks to this feature so that it only affects popups which were truly intended to behave like dialogs.
Current functionality: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606678 Bug 606678 "Open Link in New Tab" shouldn't add tabs to popups]
Requested change: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644729 Bug 644729 – Popup window with all toolbars visible causes new tabs to open in another browser window]
Because posts on a bug get sent to everyone on a long mailing list, it is considered poor etiquette (spamming) to add "me too" comments to a bug. However, you can "vote" for a bug to get fixed, so it might be worth registering on Bugzilla to do that if you are affected by this on a day-to-day basis.
As a temporary workaround, I created a Greasemonkey userscript. It adds a button to pages detected to be in a dialog window so you can reload them in a regular window. As a 0.1 version it's not perfect, but if you run into this problem frequently, hopefully it will help.
[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/101728 Dialog To Normal Window on userscripts.org] (requires the Greasemonkey add-on)

Hello, my Macbook Pro 13.5'', version 10.9.2, was recently invaded by what I believe is a virus, and when I open a new tab or window on chrome it would open with the Trovi search engine.

I read online to reset the default settings on chrome and when i did that the problem seemed to all but go away. But then, not even an hour later, i notice that there are random ads that popup and sometimes ads will just open in new tabs. I know that this is a virus and i really want to get rid of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Remove V search/Downlite.
http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-downlite/

How do I get Firefox's home page to open a new tab when searching?

I'm slightly modifying Firefox's about:home page, and I'm trying to get the home page to effectively be its own app tab. In order to do that, I need to make it so that when I search with it, it opens a new tab to view my search results.
I've tried two things so far; I've tried adding the attribute '''target="_blank"''' to the '''<form>''' tag, and I've tried adding the attribute '''onclick="this.form.target='_blank';return true;"''' to the '''<input>''' tag nested inside of the '''<form>''' tag (I'm guessing the latter is JavaScript lol). I also tried an extension "TabSubmit" which didn't work here.
I know how to edit the right page (I'm changing the contents of aboutHome.xhtml in omni.ja), and have already edited the stylesheet slightly (to underline links when hovering over them and adjusting the fading of Mozilla's logo when hovering over it). This is the next change I wanted to make.
Any suggestions? Thanks!

The about:home uses window.location.href = url; to change the location of the current tab.
Changing this to window.open(url); and adding a line at the end of the aboutHome.js file to initialize localStorage works for me with a locally saved about:home page.
<pre><nowiki>function onSearchSubmit(aEvent)
let searchTerms = document.getElementById("searchText").value;
if (gSearchEngine && searchTerms.length > 0) {
const SEARCH_TOKENS = {
"_searchTerms_": encodeURIComponent(searchTerms)
let url = gSearchEngine.searchUrl;
for (let key in SEARCH_TOKENS) {
url = url.replace(key, SEARCH_TOKENS[key]);
window.open(url);
aEvent.preventDefault();
localStorage["search-engine"]="{\"name\":\"Google\",\"searchUrl\":\"http://www.google.com/search?q=_searchTerms_&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a\"}";</nowiki></pre>

How do I open a new tab/new URL from a plugin's sidebar?

I have created a plugin with a sidebar. I would like to be able to change the URL of the current tab in the sidebar's window or open a new tab, given that I click a button in the sidebar (or an event is triggered in the sidebar). I am currently using the following Javascript code to go to a new URL:
content.location = newURL;
However, I have other buttons in the sidebar that open new (small) windows. If I first click one of these buttons to open a new window, then the above code fails; it changes the URL of the tab in THAT NEW WINDOW, not in the window of the sidebar. How do I change this?
This also seems to be complicated by the fact that the sidebar document does not have a parent. Any tips are appreciated!

Hi fireferret817,
Thank you for your question, however development questions are best answered in stackoverflow.com or the mozllazine.com forums.
If there are any differences made when you change the behavior of opening up a new url this option can be found in the Preferences/Options > Tab menu.

When I choose to open a new tab from a website, such as facebook, it always opens it in a new window. How do I change this to just opening a new tab. I tried changing the tab settings but it did not work

When I choose to open a new tab from a website, such as facebook, it always opens it in a new window. How do I change this to just opening a new tab. I tried changing the tab settings but it did not work. I did not have the problem until I started using firefox 4.

It is probably a JavaScript link.
You can probably force it where you want it with a keyboard shortcut
either "Ctrl+click" or "Ctrl+Shift+click". see
* Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table)<br>http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/keyboard.htm
''Did that work?''
Some styles that provide a warning as to the type of link:
* No Follow links, mouseover id of other links - userstyles.org<br>http://userstyles.org/styles/10987
* Change cursor on some links with JS. - userstyles.org<br>http://userstyles.org/styles/233
* Link Warning - Themes and Skins for Mozilla - userstyles.org<br>http://userstyles.org/styles/1301
* Link warning (cursor hover) - various filetypes - userstyles.org<br>http://userstyles.org/styles/2538
* Red hand cursor for .pdf links - userstyles.org<br>http://userstyles.org/styles/553

When entering a new website it overrides the previous site, how can i get it to open a new tab instead

I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM, I JUST THOUGHT THAT IF THERE IS A WAY TO OPEN A NEW TAB EACH TIME YOU ENTER A NEW WEBSITE WITHOUT OVERRIDING THE PREVIOUS ONE. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMEMBER TO ENTER THE PLUS SIGN EACH TIME YOU WANT TO OPEN A NEW WEBSITE.

The setting in Tools > Options > Tabs: "New pages should be opened in": "a new tab/window" is for links that specify a target window to open the link.
That option allows to divert such links to a new tab instead of a new window.
For links that do not specify a target use a middle-click or hold down Ctrl and left-click the link or use the right-click context menu to open the link in a new tab or window.<br />
Left-click a JavaScript link to avoid getting a blank tab.

I open facebook or other site. right click link/photo to open in new tab quickly. Then all tab connection will be connection to website, all page stop loading. Have to close firefox and reopen then only site will load.

I open facebook or other site. right click link/photo to open in new tab quickly. Then all tab connection will be connection to website, all page stop loading. Have to close firefox and reopen then only site will load.

You can override how links are opened via the browser.link.open_newwindow.override pref.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow
*1: current tab; 2:new window; 3:new tab;
Use this for links opened via JavaScript.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features

Links list to open in new tab

I have created a links list and added that webpart to a page in office 365 for sharepoint. When the user clicks on a links it needs to be opened in new tab how to impletement.
I tried with javascript content editor webpart but it is removing the scroll bar of the page.
Please let me know. many thanks in advance
Regards,
Chaitanya

Hi Chaitanya,
May check this article to find the similar code in Links list web part with SharePoint Designer, add the attribute target="_blank" within the code, then check results.
http://365.webbrewers.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=9
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IUploader (Recession Apps) - opening a new tab (window)

I've been trying to develop a method for our EMS providers to use iPads to fill out EMS Charts and get signature forms using the iPad. PDFExpert and iUploader are the two main pieces that seem to be working for my solution ... but there is one glitch:
When using iUploader, and using the web app EMSCharts (or any web app that causes a new target window to load) this target just loads within the page itself. So, if I am trying to add information that would be available from a search in the popup ... this page (target window) replaces the page I was originally on. Frustrating. I am trying to prefill some patient data from a database.
I can get the target windows (new tabs) to work with Safari on the iPad and Safari would be great if it allowed me to attach PDF files (which is why I am using iUploader).
I just need the popup capability and I would be all set. If I click a link, I need the funcationality there to open a new tab.
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For the record, the page that needs to open in a new tab is a Cold Fusion *cfm file
Not even sure who uses that any more??
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