Opening Browser Tabs From Links In Mail

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lem3
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Opening Browser Tabs From Links In Mail

Post by lem3 »

Until the most recent release, if I middle-clicked on a link in an email, that page would open in a new tab in the browser while the mail window retained focus. Now middle-clicking on an emailed link results in a new tab opening AND the browser window gaining focus.

If (as occurs frequently) there are six or seven links in the message, opening those in browser tabs requires a lot of additional clicking returning multiple times to the mail window.

Is there an about:config setting that will cause Seamonkey to behave as before?
TPR75
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Re: Opening Browser Tabs From Links In Mail

Post by TPR75 »

lem3 wrote:Is there an about:config setting that will cause Seamonkey to behave as before?
Of course it is ("browser.tabs.avoidBrowserFocus") but there is easier way:
Menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Browser -> Tabbed Browsing -> disable "Focus browser window for links opened in tabs from other applications"

"Mail & Newsgroups" part of SeaMonkey is treated as "other application".
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lem3
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Re: Opening Browser Tabs From Links In Mail

Post by lem3 »

Perfect. Thank you.
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