Browser.link.open newwindow.restriction

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

This article describes the preference browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction. 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 0
- 2.2 1
- 2.3 2
3 First checked in
4 Has an effect in
5 Related bugs
6 Related preferences

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Background

Some web sites choose to open certain links in new windows. However, many users prefer using tabs to multiple browser windows. This preference allows for fine-tuning of browser.link.open_newwindow.

Oftentimes when a new window is opened from JavaScript, it’s a small popup without all of a usual browser window’s features—e.g., the back/forward/reload buttons are hidden, the status bar is hidden, the size is purposely smaller, etc. Usually in this situation, the window is designed specifically as a popup, and opening it in a tab actually makes it less useful. This preference can let these types of links open as new windows while opening all other types as new tabs.

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Possible values and their effects

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0

Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow. (Default in Firefox 1.0.x and SeaMonkey 1.0 to 2.1a2)

This includes:

All HTML links with target="_blank".
All JavaScript calls to window.open().

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1

Do not divert any links (browser.link.open_newwindow will have no effect).

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2

Divert all links according to browser.link.open_newwindow, unless the new window specifies how it should be displayed. (Default in Firefox 1.5 and later, in SeaMonkey 2.1a3 and later, and Camino 1.5)

This includes: