You can set whether to open Links in a new Tab or a new Window in Firefox by following the Instructions below

1. Open the Dialog window as explained below…
   

   Edit => Preferences on Linux based machine

   Tools => Options (for all others)

2. Go to the Section for Tabs
3. You will see a settings for the following:
   

   New Pages should be opened in

   • a new Tab
   • a new Window

You can select new Tab in the above.

This will not work as really intended…

Some Websites have links which opens a new window and tries to set the Width, Height etc for the new window, these are best let be opened in a new Window itself. To achieve this you need to follow the Instructions below.

1. In your Browser Window’s Address Bar type about:blank
2. searh for the key Browser.link.open_newwindow
   Right click on the entry that you see and click on modify from the popup menu
   enter 3 for the value.
3. searh for the key Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
   Right click on the entry that you see and click on modify from the popup menu
   enter 2 for the value.

Thats is all. Now all links which are opened using Javascripts with some info for the display property of the window opened will open in a new Window.

References and Resources/Further Readings

• Editing Configuration on Mozilla Firefox
• Details of Browser.link.open_newwindow settings at Mozilla Zine KnowledgeBase
• Details of Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction settings at Mozilla Zine KnowledgeBase

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