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Open in new tab by Ramkumar K R
Response by Ramkumar K R
Developer response
posted 7 years agoHi,
I thought about your suggestion and found out that there are two ways for this -
a. "Bad" Workaround - Overriding a browser configuration in about:config - You can change the browser behavior to open all links which open in a new tab in the background by setting the
"browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" config to true.
More info on - https://stackoverflow.com/q/7386208
b. Using the "tabs" API of webextensions - This would require an almost complete rewrite of the extension and can break a number of websites. I would like to use the tabs API but it will take a long time to iron out all the bugs and release it.
Thanks,
I thought about your suggestion and found out that there are two ways for this -
a. "Bad" Workaround - Overriding a browser configuration in about:config - You can change the browser behavior to open all links which open in a new tab in the background by setting the
"browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" config to true.
More info on - https://stackoverflow.com/q/7386208
b. Using the "tabs" API of webextensions - This would require an almost complete rewrite of the extension and can break a number of websites. I would like to use the tabs API but it will take a long time to iron out all the bugs and release it.
Thanks,
46 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Kshyhoo, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Xium, 8 months agoThank you very much.
Simple and easy to use, works on android.
Remember to go to the extension settings humans. - Rated 5 out of 5by kirsten, 8 months agoit does work, you have to turn it on for a website for it to work (which i like because some websites have a weird thing where you have to open the link on the page and its like a popup)
- Rated 1 out of 5by Alexis, 2 years agoGreat idea but it seems to be expired 5 years ago (last updated). As it said before - NOT WORKING.
- Rated 3 out of 5by LudwigWN, 3 years ago2017 review: Works pretty well, except it seems for "stuff.co.nz" where it tends to open links in same tab most of the time, but sometimes does open in a new tab. Confused? So am I! Maybe a Firefox bug involved?
Above is still the case in December 2021 [& Dec22] ... has this Add-on been abandoned by Ramkumar K R? - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14399393, 3 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 10292680, 3 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Nocturnus, 4 years agoRamkumar K R, this add-on is abandoned? on YouTube comments when you click on View Replies it opens a blank page and more comments are not shown. Can you fix it?
- Rated 5 out of 5by SitesAdd.com, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15310022, 5 years agoThis app "works only when it wants to" is the only way to describe my experience. Firefox 69.0.1 6 bit. It's very disappointing to search duckduckgo and have the link open in the same tab unless I go back and select the link again. This is a waste of time. I'm looking for an app that will work every time and will allow options on how tabs should open. BOTTOM LINE: This app isn't as advertised.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15237646, 5 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by John Corliss, 6 years agoWorks pretty well exept on some Mozilla pages, author could explain how to use the extension a little better. Would get higher ratings if (s)he did so.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12570361, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by marijja, 6 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14465021, 6 years agoDoesn't work with Firefox 63.0.3. New tabs still opened on the far right side.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Bob Tomlinson, 6 years agoDidn't work, even when I moved the button for the specified site. Just tooo fiddly. Seems a no-brainer to me that all bookmarks should open in a new tab as standard. Who wants to leave a site you're on to look at another site, maybe for reference. Firefox note. Now I've learned to right click, job done.