Force Link to Open in New Tab

Firefox 1.5 had an option to force links designed to open in new windows to open in a new tab instead.
This option has vanished in firefox 2.

• To apply this option type 'about:config' in the address bar to get the firefox config.
• Type 'browser.link' into the filter bar
• The following three options should be shown:
  • browser.link.open_external
  • browser.link.open_newwindow
  • browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
• The default values are: 3;2;2 respetively
• To open new windows in a new tab change browser.link.open_newwindow to 3

That is it, it should now open all new window links in a new tab.

added: 12th Apr 2007