How do I make links in Liferea and Thunderbird open in the background in Firefox?

[Rytron]

Hi.

How do I make links in Liferea and Thunderbird open in the background (I want to open certain links in Firefox but continue to work in Liferea/Thunderbird in the meantime) in Firefox? They used to until recently. I could make the windows stay on top but this would have to be done every time I re-open Liferea and Thunderbird which is a nuisance.

[chupnik]

I have the exact same issue.
I found the following way by setting CCSM(Compiz Config Settings Manager).

In CCSM, under General Options, set Auto-raise=Very high and Delay=500. All new windows will open in the background!

But there is a small disadvantage. Some dialog box is also open applications in the background.
Maybe if you play around with the settings and CCSM can solve it.

[Zill]

Rytron/chupnik:

1. Enter "about:config" into the Firefox address bar
2. Type "diverted" into the search box
3. Double-click on the entry "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground"
4. This should now have changed the value from "false" to "true"
5. Job done!

[Rytron]

Rytron/chupnik:

1. Enter "about:config" into the Firefox address bar
2. Type "diverted" into the search box
3. Double-click on the entry "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground"
4. This should now have changed the value from "false" to "true"
5. Job done!

Sweet! Thank you Zill.

[Chainy]

Yes, thank you Zill. Your method works perfectly.