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    Touchpad tabs

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lunatuna, Dec 12, 2007.

  1. lunatuna

    lunatuna Notebook Enthusiast

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    I find it annoying to always have to click both touchpad keys on my laptop to open tabs in firefox. Is there a way to designate a keyboard shortcut for opening tabs in firefox?
    Thanks!
     
    lunatuna, Dec 12, 2007
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  2. notyou

    notyou Notebook Deity

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    Just use Ctrl+T (since I don't think there's an option for what you want to to), it's just as fast plus you don't run the risk of opening tabs when you don't want to.
     
    notyou, Dec 12, 2007
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  3. lunatuna

    lunatuna Notebook Enthusiast

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    To clarify, I mean opening links in new tabs
     
    lunatuna, Dec 13, 2007
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  4. Meetloaf13

    Meetloaf13 fear the MONKEY!!!

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    Get TabMixPlus addon, and you can configure it so that when you click certain types of links, it opens a new tab. For instance. When I search in google, a regular left click opens a new tab for me, so I preserve my search tab.
     
    Meetloaf13, Dec 13, 2007
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  5. alect

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    2 other ways I can think of :

    • hold down Ctrl key when clicking on the link
    • use the MouseGestures addon to program a mouse gsture to open the link in a new tab
     
    alect, Dec 13, 2007
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  6. bobob

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    use this firefox extension - super drag and go
    with this you can just drag a link slightly and leave it and the link will open in a new tab ... its awesome
     
    bobob, Dec 13, 2007
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  7. orev

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    Ctrl-click is what you're looking for.
     
    orev, Dec 13, 2007
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