Mousewheel won't open link in new tab

I used to be able to click on a link with my mousewheel and Firefox would open the link in a new tab. This has stopped working.
I'm using Windows 7 Pro and Firefox 36.0.1
Which settings should I check. Windows seems OK, I'm using the same old mouse and it stopped working on web sites where this technique used to work until a few days ago.

Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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