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How can i make chat links in msn chat boxes open in the current Firefox tab? it used to do it but now somehow it just opens another instant of Firefox... why is this.
08-08-2004 10:09 PM
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RE: Chat links
There is a FF extension that opens each new window in a tab, but I don't really like that, so if you have a mouse wheel, you can mouse over the link, press down on the wheel and that will open that link in a new tab.
08-08-2004 10:33 PM
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RE: Chat links
Also possible that this is just a setting in your browser: "Open new links in new windows" or something like that...
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08-09-2004 05:33 PM
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RE: Chat links
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Originally posted by Ddunk
you can mouse over the link, press down on the wheel and that will open that link in a new tab.
That is true, however this only applies to links you click from within Firefox. External programs handle links diffrent and thus the middle-mousebutton will have a other function most of the time in external programs.

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Also possible that this is just a setting in your browser
Unfortunately Firefox does not have such a setting (yet).


What you can do is use the Tabbrowser Preferences extension to get this functionallity. I recommend the lit version if you only use it for opening external links in tabs.
  • Get either the lite or full version of TBP (instructions are based on thhe lite version) from here: http://www.pryan.org/mozilla/site/TheOneKEA/tabprefs/#link .
  • Click install, close all Firefox windows and start it again.
  • In Firefox, go to: "Tools" > "Extensions" > "TBP Lite" and double-click it.
  • At "External" you can set it to "Load external links in: New Tab".

This post was edited on 08-10-2004 at 04:46 AM by Menthix.
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