Some elements and buttons don't have open in new tab option

[msan21]

I recently switched from Chrome to Firefox and I've noticed some buttons, like a search button on a website, and other elements I can't control click to have it open in a new tab. When I right click there's also no option to open in a new tab. I do remember in Chrome I had no problem opening the same things in a new tab. Is there any way to do this in firefox?

[RobertJ]

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URL of example with element identified.

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[msan21]

Reddit, for example: https://www.reddit.com/search

You can control click in chrome on the magnifying glass to search or right click on it and open in a new tab is an option, but doesn't work with firefox. I've tried with no add-ons and running in safe mode as I had seen that as a suggestion elsewhere, but no luck that way either.

Edit: Or even the "Go" button on this site on the search sidebar. Control click won't work on firefox, but does on chrome.

[RobertJ]

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As far as I'm aware you cannot right click in a text field to open in a new tab. This is the normal behaviour for FF, Safari and Opera. From my testing it also is the behaviour in Chrome.

I tried control click and command click (I'm on a Mac) and no such option. Normally control/command click or right click only offers a new tab option on links.

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[msan21]

I made an example of what I mean here:
https://imgur.com/a/4aeui1d

When I control click on chrome it opens the results in a new tab, whereas it does not in firefox. Just wondering if it is possible to get firefox to do the same behavior.

[RobertJ]

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As I noted above control/command click in a text box search field does not offer an option to open in a new tab for FF, Safari, Opera or Chrome. Your example is quite difficult to see.

Opening in a new tab is only available for links.

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[morat]

The imgur link works the same for me in Chrome and Firefox.

left click = opens url in current tab
ctrl + left click = opens url in new tab in background

There is a open link in new tab context menu item when I right click on the link.

Firefox Portable 62.0.3
Windows 7 SP1 32-bit

I've tried with no add-ons and running in safe mode as I had seen that as a suggestion elsewhere, but no luck that way either.

Try testing with a new profile.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_ne ... on_Windows

[jscher2000]

I saw a similar question on Reddit. How about this add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addo ... mit-basic/