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Middle Mouse button to open a link in a new tab

Post by oneiron »

Is there a way to disable this? It intereferes with autoscroll, badly.
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Post by kevykev »

It's simple don't press on a link.
In the adress bar type: about:config
Look for: "browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick" set to false
However middleclicking on links opens a new window
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Post by oneiron »

So, it sounds like autoscroll is never going to work the way it <i>should</i>.

It's simple don't press on a link.


I wish it were that simple. On web pages that are especially heavy with text-links or even light with large picture-links, autoscrolling is no longer a viable option for a person (me) who used to use autoscrolling almost excluslively as his method of scrolling down.

With a properly functioning autoscroll, scrolling becomes virtually effortless:

1) hold middle-button down while cursor is <b>anywhere</b> on the page
2) move cursor down...practically without thinking
3) let go of middle-button to stop

Now, the amount of effort required to use autoscroll is exponentially increased by an unfortunate need to pay attention to where the cursor is. If I'm paying attention to where my cursor is then guess what... I'm not reading the article that I wish I could be autoscrolling through. The next easiest method of scrolling is definitely to use the wheel to scroll down, but smooth scrolling still isn't smooth enough with the crappy 2d video on my GeForce2MX. Normal 3 line non-smooth scrolling ....sucks.

Do you have a scrolling solution for me that maintains the minimal amount of effort I had achieved with traditional autoscroll?
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Post by dacovale »

I don't really know if these suggestions willl help, but both autoscroll and All-in-one are extensions that enhance the scrolling/mouse capabilities. I don't know if one of them perhaps has a better sollution for scrolling and middle-clicking.

My guess would be All-in-one.
Last edited by dacovale on December 19th, 2003, 3:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by oneiron »

Hmm... Thanks for the suggestions. I was under the impression that the autoscroll code included with Mozilla was taken from the "Autoscroll" extension, but I will definitely look into any potential differences. I think you might be right in guessing All-in-one is my best bet.... Thanks again!
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No luck with all-in-one...
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No luck with autoscroll... Oh well.
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Re: Middle Mouse button to open a link in a new tab

Post by Poka64 »

oneiron wrote:Is there a way to disable this? It intereferes with autoscroll, badly.

type about:config in the url bar
search for this string: browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick
You can´t use find to search for this string :?
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100115 Firefox/3.6
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Post by 無名氏 »

1. Open toolkit.jar/content/global/bindings/browser.xml
2. search for "if (!this.autoscrollEnabled || this.isLink(event.originalTarget))"
3. replace this with "if (!this.autoscrollEnabled)"
4. Open browser.jar/content/browser/browser.js
5. search for "function contentAreaClick(event, fieldNormalClicks)"
6. add "if(event.button==1)return;" below the "{"
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Post by 無名氏 »

that doesn't work if you've installed TBE, I think.
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Post by oneiron »

Thank you SO MUCH.
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Post by oneiron »

Good news... It worked with TBE. You are my savior.

Now, hopefully, that will become a checkbox in some future version of Firebird. Is there a place to make such suggestions?
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Post by alcatraz52 »

Download the new All In One gestures and there's a preference for that :)
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Post by oneiron »

Funny that you mention that. I actually requested that preference from the developer of All-In-One. He responded two days later to let me know he was adding it in. Later that afternoon he released an update!

What a great guy! :)
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