Firefox help

[ShitOnWheels]

Yesterday I went and made a silly beginner's mistake and erased a critical file for my Win2k computer. So it meant either reinstalling/repairing 2k, or upgrading to XP as I've been meaning to do. So I upgraded. And with the upgrade I also am trying out Firefox.

So, I've downloaded extensions and plug ins, but I'm having trouble finding something (an extension, a preference setting, something), that when I have Firefox already open, and I click the Firefox icon in my quick Launch, it opens a new tab in the already open Firefox. It currently opens a whole new window, despite my preferences stating to open all links in a new tab only.

Anyone found a way to do this?

[GP99GT]

i dont think you can. why not just right click up by your tab bar and click new tab, then youre good to go?

[Tru2Chevy]

I've never heard of anything like that for FF. Might want to see if there is an extension that automatically combines all open windows into one?

- Justin

[bubba428]

or you could hit ctrl+T

[ShitOnWheels]

i dont think you can. why not just right click up by your tab bar and click new tab, then youre good to go?

Cause I sometimes forget I already have the browser open. It's not that big of a deal, just a nuisance.

[ShitOnWheels]

How about a way to modify my menus? Like getting rid of the Bookmark Toolbar Folder, or the "open all in tabs"...I don't plan to use either, and they take up space. Again, just nuisance things, but I could do all of this in Opera.

[bubba428]

that under the view tab...you can change that from there

[wretched73]

or you could hit ctrl+T

Its what i do, kinda difficult. :-?

LOLOL I NO BE MEAN

[bubba428]

Its what i do, kinda difficult. :-?

LOLOL I NO BE MEAN

not if you have giant hands :wink:

[ShitOnWheels]

that under the view tab...you can change that from there

I don't mean the actual toolbar itself. I mean in the bookmarks menu, there is a folder for the toolbar. It can't be deleted.

The customize toolbars won't do it either.

[bubba428]

left click the tool bar and unmark bookmarks

[ShitOnWheels]

left click the tool bar and unmark bookmarks

Still not want I want. Go to your bookmarks menu, and under "Organize Bookmarks" is a Folder called "Bookmarks Toolbar Folder". If you right click it, you cannot delete it, but if you click any of the other folders, they can be deleted. This is the folder I want to remove.

In Opera, there were .ini files I could edit to alter the menu appearance, remove items I didn't want, etc. Any idea if there is a similar way to do this? I haven't found any yet.

[TheBandit]

Cause I sometimes forget I already have the browser open. It's not that big of a deal, just a nuisance.

CTRL + T is what i use brings a new tab right up :)

[ShitOnWheels]

CTRL + T is what i use brings a new tab right up :)

That works when I remember the browser is open. But if I minimize it to work in another program, and then go to check the internet again, I often forget I already had the browser open. Opera would just open a new tab in the already existing browser rather than open a new window as FireFox does. Again, not a big deal. Just something I'd like to happen, and didn't know if anyone found an extension for it or not, as I can't seem to find one.

[Tru2Chevy]

Garrett kinda came up with a fix for you....it's not exact though.

You can modify the shortcut in your quick launch to automatically open a new tab with a link. Garrett and I just tested it in a Linux environment, but it should work in XP too. We are gonna try to test that now, will report back shortly.

- Justin

[Tru2Chevy]

Ok, this works in XP......

Right click on the icon and select properties.
In the Target textbox of the Properties window, you should have the target file to launch firefox, which should be the path to your firefox.exe file, and the entire path should be in quotes.

After the trailing quote, press space once, then use this:

-new-tab about:blank (to open a blank tab)

or

-new-tab www.google.com (to open a tab with a specific URL)

That should work fine for you. :)

- Justin

[ShitOnWheels]

Awesome. Worked perfectly. :)

[Knipps]

Ok, this works in XP......

Right click on the icon and select properties.
In the Target textbox of the Properties window, you should have the target file to launch firefox, which should be the path to your firefox.exe file, and the entire path should be in quotes.

After the trailing quote, press space once, then use this:

-new-tab about:blank (to open a blank tab)

or

-new-tab www.google.com (to open a tab with a specific URL)

That should work fine for you. :)

- Justin

Works in Vista too! :wink:

[12secondv6]

I would just kick the computer:nod:

[TheBandit]

Ok, this works in XP......

Right click on the icon and select properties.
In the Target textbox of the Properties window, you should have the target file to launch firefox, which should be the path to your firefox.exe file, and the entire path should be in quotes.

After the trailing quote, press space once, then use this:

-new-tab about:blank (to open a blank tab)

or

-new-tab www.google.com (to open a tab with a specific URL)

That should work fine for you. :)

- Justin

Man, such a simple fix, as soon as i read your post where you said that you guys were working on a way to do it, this popped into my head.

[shane27]

if you middle click a link it opens it in a new tab as well, very useful