Browser.link.open external

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is browser.link.open_external.

This article describes the preference browser.link.open_external. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 1
- 2.2 2
- 2.3 3
3 UI
- 3.1 Firefox
- 3.2 SeaMonkey
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs
7 Related preferences
8 See also

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Background

Other applications will often use the system’s default browser to load web pages. When a Mozilla-based browser is running, it can catch links sent by other programs. This preference determines how Mozilla handles those links.

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Possible values and their effects

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1

Open links from external programs in the current window.

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2

Open links from external programs in a new window. (Default in SeaMonkey)

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3

Open links from external programs in new tabs in an existing window. (Default in Firefox)

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UI

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Firefox

Radio buttons labeled “a new window” and “a new tab” are located under “Tools → Options → Tabs → New pages should be opened in:” and toggle between 2 and 3, respectively. Note that the same UI will concurrently toggle the browser.link.open_newwindow preference settings to the same values. (Firefox 2)

Radio buttons labeled “a new window”, “a new tab in the most recent window”, and “the most recent tab/window” are located under “Tools → Options → Tabs → Open links from other applications in:” and toggle between 2, 3, and 1, respectively. (Firefox 1.5)

Radio buttons labeled “a new window”, “a new tab in the most recent window”, and “the most recent tab/window” are located under “Tools → Options → Advanced → Tabbed Browsing → Open links from other applications in:” and toggle between 2, 3, and 1, respectively. (Firefox 1.0.x)

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SeaMonkey

Radio buttons labeled “The current tab/window“, “A new tab in the current window“ and “A new window“ are located under “Edit → Preferences → Navigator → Tabbed browsing / Links from other applications → Open links passed from another applications in” and toggle between 1, 3, and 2, respectively.

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