Tips and Tricks » tabs https://legend.ws/blog Random tech ramblings Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:10:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Forcing links that open in a ‘new window’ to open in a ‘new tab’ https://legend.ws/blog/tips-tricks/forcing-links-that-open-in-a-new-window-to-open-in-a-new-tab/ https://legend.ws/blog/tips-tricks/forcing-links-that-open-in-a-new-window-to-open-in-a-new-tab/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:59:32 +0000 admin https://legend.ws/blog/?p=116 Do you want to force links that open in a new window to open in a new tab instead? The answer is pretty simple.

Firefox

  • Type the following in the url bar: about:config
  • Edit the following variables:
    • browser.link.open_external -> 3
    • browser.link.open_newwindow -> 3
    • browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction -> 0
  • If any of those variables is not yet defined, simply right click and select ‘new->integer’, enter the variable name then its integer value.

IE8

Simply:

  • Go to: tools -> internet options
  • Then make sure you select ‘always open pop-ups in a new tab‘ under ‘when a pop-up is encountered‘

That’s …

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