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Make Firefox open URLs passed from external applications in new tabs

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In Firefox 1.5 and trunk and branch nightlies leading up to 1.5, "Tools -> Options (Edit -> Preferences on Linux) Tabs -> Open links from other applications in" provides the ability to choose whether URLs passed from an external application should be opened in a new window, a new tab, or in the current tab or window. However, if that does not work or you are using an older version of Firefox, the tips below may help.

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Linux

The following tip may not work in all Firefox versions, depending on how recent the version is.

  • Edit the "firefox" startup script in the Firefox base directory, usually located at some place like "/usr/bin/firefox/firefox".
  • Search for a line containing "openURL".
  • Replace _remote_cmd="openURL(${_optLast})" with _remote_cmd="openURL(${_optLast},new-tab)".

You can also replace "new-tab" with "new-window" if you want to open the URLs in a new window. This tip may also work for Mozilla's "mozilla" startup script, usually located at some place like "/usr/bin/mozilla/mozilla".

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