PDA

View Full Version : Firefox Behavior on Ubuntu


dannymichel
June 10th, 2007, 02:19 AM
Honestly I feel quite stupid because I'm sure it's something simple, but I'm getting new windows instead of new tabs.
On windows I WILL NEVER get a new window NO MATTER WHAT I DO, which is what I like.
I went to
Edit>Preferences>Tabs>New windows will be open in "New Tabs"
and I still get new windows sometimes.
What's up with that?
robtg
June 10th, 2007, 02:23 AM
Same here. Firefox always opens a new window instead of a new tab. If anyone knows the answer to this it would be appreciated.

-Rob
jerrylamos
June 10th, 2007, 02:31 AM
Start Firefox, Edit, Preferences, Tabs. You have a choice of new window or new tabs, take your pick.

Cheers, Jerry
FuturePilot
June 10th, 2007, 02:34 AM
Try this. Edit>Preferences>Tabs. Select "Open in New Window"
Then switch it back to "Open in New Tab"
It should work now. That worked for me.
It's a little glitch. Never understood why it did that.
starcraft.man
June 10th, 2007, 02:34 AM
Oh and if you want a lot more control of your tabs, install tab mix plus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122). Great plugin :).
robtg
June 10th, 2007, 02:36 AM
I tried installing the "Tabbrowser Preferences" add-on and now tabs are working.
dannymichel
June 10th, 2007, 02:42 AM
I'm officially calling this a bug.
starcraft.man
June 10th, 2007, 02:49 AM
I'm officially calling this a bug.

The preferences fix not working? Or what do you mean?
LookTJ
June 10th, 2007, 04:12 AM
Try this. Edit>Preferences>Tabs. Select "Open in New Window"
Then switch it back to "Open in New Tab"
It should work now. That worked for me.
It's a little glitch. Never understood why it did that.

Thanks for the help on this.
Spif
June 10th, 2007, 08:41 AM
I'm officially calling this a bug.

Worked great for me, still a very, very annoying bug though.
Yitram
June 11th, 2007, 01:50 AM
There's away to edit the about:config to make it work right. I'll hunt it down again and post the info here.
regomodo
June 11th, 2007, 01:53 AM
i found that it is automatically set to "new tabs". it doesn't

It magically fixes itself when you select "new window" and then select back to "new tabs"

sorted

doh, futurepilot beat me to it
dannymichel
June 11th, 2007, 05:15 AM
i found that it is automatically set to "new tabs". it doesn't

It magically fixes itself when you select "new window" and then select back to "new tabs"

sorted

doh, futurepilot beat me to it
Yeah, like I said, I'm officially calling this a bug.