If you are using Firefox, then you have noticed that whenever you use its searchbox to find anything, it opens the results in the existing tab and hence it overwrites the contents. Its quite irritating and we always have to open a new tab to make search.
Here is a solution for this problem. After following this trick, your search results will open in a new tab:
1. Type about:config in Firefox addressbar and press Enter.
2. Now type browser.search.open in Filter box.
3. Now you'll get browser.search.openintab in results. Double click on it and its value will be changed to true.
4. That's it. Now your search results will open in a new tab.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Mozilla Firefox.
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vasudev
TIP : Use Scroll Wheel Button Click
Another method is enter the query in SearchBox and press Alt+Enter, and your result will be shown in new Tab. And this will work in IE and FireFox.
Now coming to the use of Mouse Scroll Wheel Button. There's a very neat use of it. And many of us don't use it. Its a very neat tip.
In FireFox, if you want to open search results in new tab, Just use your Mouse Scroll Wheel Button Click, and Search result will open in new tab. In IE this wont work, while Opera has 'Paste & Go' option.
There is more use of it. Suppose you are browsing a a page full of various links and you want to open a link in new tab. You'll generally right click on that link and click on 'Open in new tab'. Instead, you try this, just Click on the link with Mouse Scroll Wheel Button Click and it'll Open in new tab. Cool !! Will work in IE or FireFox.
I hope you'll start using this neat tip as majority of the present mouse comes with scroll wheel.
Manan
tab mix plus which a really great plugin has this too, try the plugin its one of my favorite plugins
allenbina
or just hold alt and press enter. holding alt opens a new tab when you click or press enter.
agito
allenbina is correct. Thats a FAR easier way of opening something up in a new tab...
Steve Yu
agree, Alt + enter is much more easier to me.
Jordan C
Been using the scroll wheel button since I got firefox. Still amazes me when people haven't figured out how to use it and come up with longwinded and unnessecary (sp?) methods like the one above, which is quite annoying if you do intend to open search results in the same window. And yes, I know, some people do not have a middle mouse button, but most do.
VG
^^ Middle click works on live links. How can you open search results in new tab from Firefox built-in searchbox using middle click?
Its always better to learn new things thats why I keep sharing these stuffs. There are always more than one way to all things.
eltranced
w00t! thnx
m-RUN
hey, um, can you do the same thing with Opera ?
Dylan
Thank you! very useful. not sure what all these other commentators are on about. If u dont wanna do it this way we dont need to here about it - this tip is for people that do want to do it this way!!
thanks again!