Make Firefox open new tabs next to current tab instead of last tab
Mozilla Firefox by default opens links in the last tab in the tab bar if you open a link in a new tab and if you have too many tabs open then it could be really annoying to browse to the end of the tab bar, I came across two Firefox extensions for changing this behavior and both are compatible with Firefox 3.0.1
First is called Next Tab which adds a “Open link next to current tab” option to your right click context menu so that you can easily open your desired link in a new tab next to the current tab, this is a very small and simple extension which gets the job done.
The second one is called Tabs Open Relative which changes the default behavior of firefox so that it opens every link in a new tab next to the current tab so that in can work with the links you open with the middle click but that isn’t what you always want to do.
It also changes the behavior for new tabs so that they open next to current tab but if you want to disable that the extension developer has given the instructions for that:
If you don’t want new tabs to be affected, go to about:config (see http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config for more info) and disable the preference “extensions.tabsopenrelative.includenewtabs”.
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TabMixPlus is also easily configurable to do this – and a bunch of other good stuff.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122
Why don’t I see “Open link next to tab” in my Firefox browser?
^did you install the “next tab” extension for firefox?
Thanx for the post
Really useful. Didn’t think of looking for this type of add-on although at times it annoyed me when the tab opens at the farthest end of all the tabs.
i installed Next Tab and its working fine
Tell me how to add the “next tab” extension? I don’t know about it
I fig out
Ok Great!
good feature…
thanks for info..
hope to see more if you can get time out of your busy schedule
In the newest version, the about:config preference can be set to True
extensions.tabsopenrelative.linksonly
thanks for Next Tab extension
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/New+tabs+do+not+appear+to+the+right+of+the+last+tab
With the newer version FF, try the following:
1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press EnterReturn.
* The about:config “This might void your warranty!” warning page may appear. Click I’ll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
2. Search for the preference browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.
3. Double-click on browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent, which should set the value to false.
If you ever want to change it back, repeat the steps above, which will toggle the value back to true.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/New+tabs+do+not+appear+to+the+right+of+the+last+tab
My tabs open next to the active tab, and I have not added either of these addons. There must be something else within Firefox which does this. I looked at my about:config and compared it with my son’s PC where his does not have this behavior, and don’t see anything for sure that would change the behavior. Very confusing.
I’m curious aswell. On my old computer (FF v3.5.9) new tabs comes up after current tab. Well, tbh, starting a new tab by CTRL+T:isch brings up the new tab as the last one eitherways. But say I CTRL-click a link (shortcut for “open in new tab”), this behaviour is different from my old computer (mentioned above) and my girlfriend’s computer (FF v3.6.3). On my old computer, these tabs bump up last, whereas on gf’s computer they come next to current tab. Has Firefox changed default behavior?