Middle mouse button to open tab stops working in Firefox


Likagon

Today, I booted up my PC, opened Firefox, and went to a few pages in my usual habit, clicking every interesting new link to open it in every new tab, and browsing them at will. But today, I noticed that this doesn't work anymore.

What works is:

  • Middle click on a link in my bookmarks bar to open it in a new page
  • middle scroll
  • Right click -> open in new tab

What doesn't work:

  • Middle click any link on any webpage to open it in a new tab
  • CTRL + click a link to open it in a new tab

I haven't installed any new add-ons or removed anything - the feature is just... gone. I checked the value of browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclickin about:configand set it to true.

Has anyone happened to have the same problem, and if so how did you solve it?

Lord Blizzard

I had the same problem! Here is how to solve the problem :

You probably have the Tab Mix Plus and Greasemonkey extension, right? Well, a few hours ago, Greasemonkey updated the extension and there seems to be a conflict between the new GM and TMP. Just downgrade your GM to the previous version and everything will be back to normal.

In the latest version of Greasemonkey there is also a fix for this problem.

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