Firefox 3: Display Search Results in New Tab

When you use Firefox’s search bar, the results are displayed in the current tab. This can get rather annoying when you are don’t want the current tab to leave the web page you were on. To make your search results appear in a new tab, follow these steps:


1. Launch Firefox.

2. In the address bar, type about:config and hit Enter on your keyboard.

3. Scroll down to browser.search.openintab and double-click it to change the value to True.

Now when you use Firefox’s search bar, your results will always appear in a new tab.

 

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5 Responses to “Firefox 3: Display Search Results in New Tab”

  1. March 15, 2009 at 6:38 pm, pi said:

    ..or you can install google toolbar, then change the settings to open search in new tab :)

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    • February 21, 2010 at 4:42 am, Chris said:

      Thanks for the advice.

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  2. May 06, 2009 at 8:58 am, Kamakiri said:

    Anonymous (1), it ‘s not simple really. The negative part is you’ll have to use Alt+Enter every time. The tip at the top is better.

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  3. July 19, 2009 at 4:54 pm, emarell said:

    I don’t get it. Tip does not do it in Firefox 3.5.1. – even though the about:config entry mentioned here is at “true” using the search bar always replaces the current tab’s contents.

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  4. July 29, 2010 at 12:52 pm, Guest said:

    Cons: I’ll forget.

    But, we can have our cake and eat it too. Change the setting and use Alt+Enter to display the search result in your current tab.

    Reply

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