How to make Firefox 57 to always open new tab from address bar?

Question

Firefox before version 57 allows users to open new tab from address bar using an extension (e.g. TabMixPlus). TabMixPlus is no longer supported. How to make Firefox 57+ to always open new tab from address bar?

(New tab from bookmarks is accessible via browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs, but I have not find an about:config entry for new tab from url bar, just an feature request for browser.tabs.opentabfor.urlbar.)

UPDATE: Firefox 60 added the missing option to about:config.

Solution 1

Firefox 60 actually has flag browser.urlbar.openintab in about:config. Setting it to true accomplishes what you want. Tried and true.

Solution 2

The only working solution I've found (currently) is an Add-on called "New Tab from Location Bar" by Piro.

The solution by andy_m didn't work for me.

Solution 3

Workarounds:

• Press and hold Alt when pressing Enter for the completed URL.
• Press and hold Ctrl while clicking on a link, or use middle-mouse button.

It would be simpler if these were the same keys, if there are Firefox developers reading this.

As a long-time TabMix Plus user, I really miss this and other features, such as shifting focus to a tab on mouse-hover. Until Firefox WebExtensions is more mature, apparently, that capability is gone. Sic transit gloria mundi.

Solution 4

This feature was added in Firefox 60, cf. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1394304

• open about:config
• find browser.urlbar.openintab
• double click to flip it to true

Solution 5

The about:config setting only controls pressing "Enter" in the search bar. It doesn't cause clicking on the right arrow in the search bar to open a new tab. See:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1170645

It took me a while to realize this.

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Comments

[lady]

Is there a way to implement this feature in userChrome.js?

[DrMoishe Pippik]

NAFAIK, though there are a number of static tab attributes I've modified there (e.g. width, colors etc.).

[delrocco]

browser.search.openintab is the corresponding option for the search engine bar, for anyone interested