Firefox/Seamonkey silly trick, new tab homepage

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DaveS · #1 Post by **DaveS** » Mon 15 Nov 2010, 17:03

I have been prompted to post this based on the number of times the question gets asked on the net, 'Is there an extension to make a new tab open at my homepage'.
Answer: you dont need one. Just hold down the ctrl key and hit the 'home' button.

#2 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Mon 15 Nov 2010, 17:10

Well yes, that's standard FireFox/SeaMonkey manipulation.
Holding down ctrl and clicking any link opens it in a new tab.

DaveS · #3 Post by **DaveS** » Mon 15 Nov 2010, 17:20

Béèm wrote:Well yes, that's standard FireFox/SeaMonkey manipulation.
Holding down ctrl and clicking any link opens it in a new tab.

Surprising how few people seem to know

See you in Brugges for the Christmas Festival.......

#4 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Mon 15 Nov 2010, 18:29

DaveS wrote:
Béèm wrote:Well yes, that's standard FireFox/SeaMonkey manipulation.
Holding down ctrl and clicking any link opens it in a new tab.
Surprising how few people seem to know See you in Brugges for the Christmas Festival.......

Yes it is amazing that people don't know the basics.
While in Brugge, come to Bruxelles for the Christmas market.
It's very nice. It lasts one month.

potong · #5 Post by **potong** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 08:23

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, clicking the scroll wheel like a button has the same effect.

HTH

Potong

p.s. If you dislike the mouse try Shift-NumLock to use the mouse keys.
p.p.s. Look here too.

DaveS · #6 Post by **DaveS** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 08:36

potong wrote:If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, clicking the scroll wheel like a button has the same effect.

HTH

Potong

p.s. If you dislike the mouse try Shift-NumLock to use the mouse keys.

With a two button mouse, click both at once

#7 Post by **Makoto** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 08:48

You can double-click the tab bar in FF to open a new tab, too. Not sure whether it works in all versions, or Seamonkey (as I'm currently at a system without SM installed).

DaveS · #8 Post by **DaveS** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 13:53

Béèm wrote: While in Brugge, come to Bruxelles for the Christmas market.
It's very nice. It lasts one month.

May go to this for a couple of days

#9 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 14:01

DaveS wrote:
Béèm wrote: While in Brugge, come to Bruxelles for the Christmas market.
It's very nice. It lasts one month.
May go to this for a couple of days

I live 20 minutes walking from there. If you feel up to it, we could have a drink together.
I know a place where you can get beer origin from around Brussels and very light. It's called Lambiek.

#10 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 14:11

Makoto wrote:You can double-click the tab bar in FF to open a new tab, too. Not sure whether it works in all versions, or Seamonkey (as I'm currently at a system without SM installed).

It doesn't work in SeaMonkey that way. But I think it did work that way in version 1.1.x.

DaveS · #11 Post by **DaveS** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 14:52

Makoto wrote:You can double-click the tab bar in FF to open a new tab, too. Not sure whether it works in all versions, or Seamonkey (as I'm currently at a system without SM installed).

Sure, but that does not load the homepage in the new tab

#12 Post by **Makoto** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 19:40

I always set Firefox to load my homepage (a custom blank page, though) on new tabs.

DaveS · #13 Post by **DaveS** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 20:18

Makoto wrote:I always set Firefox to load my homepage (a custom blank page, though) on new tabs.

How?

#14 Post by **Makoto** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 20:30

I can't remember how to do it in Firefox proper (I'm not at my FF setup, now, and I have the Tab Mix Plus extension installed in most (if not all) of them, which may skew things); it's been some time. I'll have to check.

It's easy in Seamonkey 2, though. Preferences > Browser > change the "Display on" dropdown to "New tab" > click the radio button for "Home Page" > close Preferences.

I'm not sure if SM1 has a direct preference for it, but it appears all you need to do is use about:config and change browser.tabs.loadOnNewTab to 1. Wouldn't be surprised if Firefox used the same about:config entry for that.

DaveS · #15 Post by **DaveS** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 20:43

Makoto wrote:I can't remember how to do it in Firefox proper (I'm not at my FF setup, now, and I have the Tab Mix Plus extension installed in most (if not all) of them, which may skew things); it's been some time. I'll have to check.

It's easy in Seamonkey 2, though. Preferences > Browser > change the "Display on" dropdown to "New tab" > click the radio button for "Home Page" > close Preferences.
I'm not sure if SM1 has a direct preference for it, but it appears all you need to do is use about:config and change browser.tabs.loadOnNewTab to 1. Wouldn't be surprised if Firefox used the same about:config entry for that.

Ah, Tab Mix Plus explains it. It is not an option in Firefox like it is in Seamonkey, and is not included in about:config

#16 Post by **Makoto** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 20:47

Yeah, I just did a search, and it seems it wasn't working in FF, so the preference was removed. There's a few other small extensions to force the Home page to load on a new tab, like OpenTabHomepage (if I remember the name from the searches I just did, correctly).

I could've sworn I did it in Firefox without TMP, though...

DaveS · #17 Post by **DaveS** » Tue 16 Nov 2010, 22:06

Béèm wrote:we could have a drink together.
I know a place where you can get beer origin from around Brussels and very light. It's called Lambiek.

Sounds good. Will Pm if I can make it

#18 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Wed 17 Nov 2010, 01:15

DaveS wrote:
Béèm wrote:we could have a drink together.
I know a place where you can get beer origin from around Brussels and very light. It's called Lambiek.
Sounds good. Will Pm if I can make it

OK
The pub is called La Bécasse

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