Firefox: Center click won't always open link in new tab.. - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Reese · 10-30-2005, 08:10 PM

I used to be able to click my scroll wheel on a link and it'd open in a new tab but since I upgaded firefox center click doesn't always work so I have to right click and choose open in new tab from the menu which is just too hard :P No image links work and some TFP topic links will open in a new tab but others wont..

Are there any extension that will let middle mouse button open all links in a new tab?

amonkie · 10-30-2005, 08:22 PM

Did you update the extensions for Firefox as well? Sometimes I find when I update I have to go back in and make sure my settings are all still the same, and change them if they are not.

Pragma · 10-30-2005, 08:41 PM

Was it a small upgrade like 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 or did you go all of the way to the 1.5 beta? I second the "check all of your settings" comment - sometimes after an update you need to double-check that everything got set properly.

JStrider · 10-30-2005, 09:09 PM

i have this problem also... seems to come and go actually...

cant finding a setting to control it...

Reese · 10-30-2005, 09:55 PM

It seems that text in bold text links on the TFP won't open in a new tab.. regular text links seem to work...
(edit: They'll open in a new tab, but not by middle clicking..)

I upgraded to 1.07 from.. 1.Hell.If.I.Know..

I checked the settings, and the only extension I had that has anything to do with tabbed browsing at all was called "Single Window" http://www.spuler.us/extensions/singlewindow.htm but it updated ith 1.07 and doesnt seem to have anything to do with the problem.

I checked all the tabbed browsing settings in the options but nothing really seems to fix it.

Jinn · 10-30-2005, 10:48 PM

HOLY DAMN!!! Sorry that yours is broken, but I didn't know you could do this period!! My life has just gotten so much easier..

teflonian · 10-30-2005, 10:52 PM

haha, I am in JinnKai's boat... Useful knowledge.

Reese · 10-30-2005, 11:55 PM

I figured it's Single window extension causing my problem... that took to long to figure out the stupid answer :/

Pragma · 10-31-2005, 07:35 AM

So if you uninstall the extension, it fixes it? If it does, you could always try re-installing and see if it causes the problem again.

Redlemon · 10-31-2005, 08:04 AM

I know you have already fixed the problem, but just in case someone with the same symptoms checks this thread later, I recently lost the ability to middle-click when I upgraded my mouse driver. Easy to set back, but momentarily disconcerting.

Zyr · 10-31-2005, 02:30 PM

What's even better than middle click to open new tabs, is middle click on the tab, to close it. I don't know how I got it to do it, but it work on my home comp. Not here though (here, being the linux labs at Uni).

hober · 11-01-2005, 08:39 PM

Other handy Tab tricks (don't require extensions):

alt+tab to switch between tabs
ctrl+tab to open new tab (or double-click in the tab bar)
ctrl-click to open link in new tab

micah67 · 11-02-2005, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hober

Other handy Tab tricks (don't require extensions):

alt+tab to switch between tabs
ctrl+tab to open new tab (or double-click in the tab bar)
ctrl-click to open link in new tab

Are you sure about those?
Alt+tab switches programs (That's an OS shortcut), Ctrl+tab switches between tabs, Ctrl+t opens a new (blank) tab.

Pragma · 11-02-2005, 03:56 PM

I'm with micah on this one - the command keys he lists are the ones that work for me (WinXP FF 1.0.7, FreeBSD FF 1.0.7, Debian FF 1.5b2).

hober · 11-02-2005, 06:30 PM

Oops...that's what I get trying to use my memory. Sorry for the confusion.

10-30-2005, 08:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Firefox: Center click won't always open link in new tab.. I used to be able to click my scroll wheel on a link and it'd open in a new tab but since I upgaded firefox center click doesn't always work so I have to right click and choose open in new tab from the menu which is just too hard :P No image links work and some TFP topic links will open in a new tab but others wont.. Are there any extension that will let middle mouse button open all links in a new tab? __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

10-30-2005, 08:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Did you update the extensions for Firefox as well? Sometimes I find when I update I have to go back in and make sure my settings are all still the same, and change them if they are not. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

10-30-2005, 08:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Was it a small upgrade like 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 or did you go all of the way to the 1.5 beta? I second the "check all of your settings" comment - sometimes after an update you need to double-check that everything got set properly. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

10-30-2005, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
JStrider Poo-tee-weet? Location: The Woodlands, TX	i have this problem also... seems to come and go actually... cant finding a setting to control it... __________________ -=JStrider=- ~Clatto Verata Nicto

10-30-2005, 09:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	It seems that text in bold text links on the TFP won't open in a new tab.. regular text links seem to work... (edit: They'll open in a new tab, but not by middle clicking..) I upgraded to 1.07 from.. 1.Hell.If.I.Know.. I checked the settings, and the only extension I had that has anything to do with tabbed browsing at all was called "Single Window" http://www.spuler.us/extensions/singlewindow.htm but it updated ith 1.07 and doesnt seem to have anything to do with the problem. I checked all the tabbed browsing settings in the options but nothing really seems to fix it. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry Last edited by Reese; 10-30-2005 at 10:01 PM..

10-30-2005, 10:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	HOLY DAMN!!! Sorry that yours is broken, but I didn't know you could do this period!! My life has just gotten so much easier.. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

10-30-2005, 10:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
teflonian Appreciative Location: Paradise	haha, I am in JinnKai's boat... Useful knowledge.

10-30-2005, 11:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	I figured it's Single window extension causing my problem... that took to long to figure out the stupid answer :/ __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

10-31-2005, 07:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	So if you uninstall the extension, it fixes it? If it does, you could always try re-installing and see if it causes the problem again. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

10-31-2005, 08:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	I know you have already fixed the problem, but just in case someone with the same symptoms checks this thread later, I recently lost the ability to middle-click when I upgraded my mouse driver. Easy to set back, but momentarily disconcerting. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

10-31-2005, 02:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Zyr Crazy Location: Hamilton, NZ	What's even better than middle click to open new tabs, is middle click on the tab, to close it. I don't know how I got it to do it, but it work on my home comp. Not here though (here, being the linux labs at Uni). __________________ "Oh, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83 when I was the only practitioner of it, and I stopped because I was tired of being stared at." Omnia mutantu, nos et mutamur in illis. All things change, and we change with them. - Neil Gaiman, Marvel 1602

11-01-2005, 08:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
hober Insane	Other handy Tab tricks (don't require extensions): alt+tab to switch between tabs ctrl+tab to open new tab (or double-click in the tab bar) ctrl-click to open link in new tab

11-02-2005, 03:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	I'm with micah on this one - the command keys he lists are the ones that work for me (WinXP FF 1.0.7, FreeBSD FF 1.0.7, Debian FF 1.5b2). __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

11-02-2005, 06:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
hober Insane	Oops...that's what I get trying to use my memory. Sorry for the confusion.