Open links in new tab in Firefox?

[Mariano Draghi]

Gustavo Seabra escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> How can I configure Firefox so that it will  open a link in a new tab 
> instead of a new window? I  already have this option selected in the 
> Firefox preferences --> Advanced --> Tabbed browsing -->
>   "Open links from other applications in:"
>        ...
>        "a new tab in the most recent window.",
> but when I click on a link in Thunderbird, it always opens a new Firefox 
> window. Is there anywhere else I should change?

There's a bug opened against this. See bug 138789 [ 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=138789 ]

In the meantime, you can edit /usr/bin/firefox (please, backup the 
original file first), look for the line that has the call to openurl()

    ... openurl($URL, new-window) ...

and take off the 2nd argument, so it is called only with the URL:

    ... openurl($URL) ...

(I don't have access to a Fedora box right now, so I can't give you the 
exact line. I believe there's detailed information in the bug itself)

Hope that helps.

-- 
Mariano