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How To Open Links In Firefox In New Tabs, Windows

Martin Brinkmann
May 29, 2011
Updated • Mar 6, 2015
Firefox, Firefox add-ons
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I recently stumbled upon the Firefox add-on InstaClick which maps the "middle-click on links" functionality of the browser to the right-click button instead. That way it is possible to open links in new tabs with a right-click, which is handy for users who work with laptop touchpads for instance or two button mice.

Mapping that functionality to the right-click button comes at the expense of the context menu which can then only be opened by holding down Shift, Ctrl or Command.

The add-on speeds up the opening of links in new tabs by eliminating the need to hold down the Ctrl key to do so if no middle mouse button is available.

I would like to use this article as a guide to list all the options that Firefox users have to open links in new tabs and windows, beginning with basic mouse operations and ending with add-ons that add new options or change existing ones.

Built-In Link Opening Options

  • Left-click: Opens the selected link in the active tab
  • Middle-click: Opens the selected link in a new tab
  • Right-click: Opens context menu with options to open link in new tab or window
  • Left-click + Ctrl: Opens link in a new tab
  • Left-click + Shift: Opens link in a new window

Link Opening Add-ons

  • InstaClick - Maps the middle mouse button's link opening functionality to the right mouse button. The Add-on Right-Click offers a similar functionality.
  • Link Alert - Displays link information by changing the mouse cursor when hovering over links.
  • Link Sidebar - Displays all links of a web page in the sidebar along with search options.
  • Linky - Adds options to open all links in tabs and to copy them to the clipboard.
  • Mouseless-Browsing - Browse the Internet without the mouse. Adds IDs next to all links on a page. These links are then opened by typing in the Id on the keyboard.
  • Multi Links - Adds functionality to open multiple links at once in the browser. This is done by drawing a rectangle around all links that you want to open in Firefox.
  • Plain Text Links - A right-click on a text link, a link that is not directly clickable, opens a context menu with an option to open that link directly. Functionality seems to be (at least partially) included in Firefox 4+. Linkification is a similar add-on.
  • Playlink - Open links in external programs, for instance media players or other web browsers.
  • Quick Drag - Open links by dragging and dropping them in the Firefox Internet browser. Automatically opens dragged links in new tabs in Firefox. Drag Url Link is a similar extension.

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  • Text Link - Open links in the web browser by double-clicking on them. Useful for links that are not displayed as HTML links so that they cannot be opened with a single mouse click.

As you can see from the list, there are lots of options to work with links in Firefox. How do you open links in Firefox?

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How To Open Links In Firefox In New Tabs, Windows
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How To Open Links In Firefox In New Tabs, Windows
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The guide looks at various options, built-in and via add-ons, to open links in the Firefox web browser.
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Comments

  1. SFdude said on May 30, 2011 at 9:53 pm
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    Thanks for this useful, concise post!

    The “QuickDrag” Firefox extension at Mozilla:
    http://goo.gl/fkE0z,
    is really great.
    (it supercedes the old “Super DragAndGo” FF ext!).

  2. Mushaf said on May 29, 2011 at 9:42 pm
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    As an alternative to Linkification/Text Link I use Linkify Plus (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1352), a lightweight userscript for greasemoneky. In my experience Linkification seemed to make the page loading a bit slower. Linkify Plus does’t have such effect.

    Thanks for the PlayLink add-on by the way. I was looking for something like that.

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