How to NOT open a whole folder in bookmark manager?

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How to NOT open a whole folder in bookmark manager?

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Too many times I have inadvertantly opened a whole slew of bookmarks by clicking/double-clicking a folder in the bookmark manager. (See my note on a related bug in the bugs forum).

Since I have no use for this "feature" anyway, is there any way to disable it entirely, or to require at least a shift/ctrl/alt or whatever key to be pressed?

It gets very annoying trying to kill all those extra tabs/windows, especially to do it quickly enough to prevent a system crash.
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Opera does the same thing.
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Yeah, there's a pref in the Tabbed Browsing extension to disable it.

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thumperward wrote:Yeah, there's a pref in the Tabbed Browsing extension to disable it.

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... and that is? (I don't see it - or maybe the TBE have been updated in the past day or so?)

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Advanced -> Tabbed Browsing -> Advanced -> Open in a tab instead of a window for -> untick the box that says "open all bookmarks in tabs for ctrl-click of a folder".

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thumperward wrote:Advanced -> Tabbed Browsing -> Advanced -> Open in a tab instead of a window for -> untick the box that says "open all bookmarks in tabs for ctrl-click of a folder".

- Chris


That's how I have it. It doesn't do it.
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shoestring wrote:
thumperward wrote:Advanced -> Tabbed Browsing -> Advanced -> Open in a tab instead of a window for -> untick the box that says "open all bookmarks in tabs for ctrl-click of a folder".

- Chris


That's how I have it. It doesn't do it.


Try downloading the latest version of TBE (110802). Then try unchecking the
"Use control-click for bookmarks in menus (buggy)" entry. When I didn't have it checked,
the folders didn't open when I clicked on them. So, I had to check it, since that's the behavior
I want. I suspect that's what he is referring to when he says "(buggy)" :).
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leoz wrote:
shoestring wrote:
thumperward wrote:Advanced -> Tabbed Browsing -> Advanced -> Open in a tab instead of a window for -> untick the box that says "open all bookmarks in tabs for ctrl-click of a folder".

- Chris


That's how I have it. It doesn't do it.


Try downloading the latest version of TBE (110802). Then try unchecking the
"Use control-click for bookmarks in menus (buggy)" entry. When I didn't have it checked,
the folders didn't open when I clicked on them. So, I had to check it, since that's the behavior
I want. I suspect that's what he is referring to when he says "(buggy)" :).



I <I>think</I> that may have fixed it. Time will tell.

Thankx!
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