On switching to another tab in firefox, it refreshes automatically! How to disable this auto refresh as it interrupts work? Help!

If I have multiple tabs open at a time, say tab 1,2,3, and I happen to switch to see the tab 2 from the current tab 1, the Page on the tab 2 Refreshes/Reloads itself automatically!! This interrupts the work at hand! Is it possible to prevent this? What is causing this problem?

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your 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]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
* Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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