how do i stop firefox from opening links in new tabs?

[tab help]

sometimes a website link opens in new tab, but I only want it to do that when I tell it to from ctrl+click.

[Anonymosity]

With a Mac, that would be Command-click. Some links are set to open in a new window, which Firefox changes to opening a new tab. I know of no way to force that kind of link to open in the same tab. There is a cursor change you can use to tell which links will open in a new tab and which will open in the same tab. Use this in the userContent.css file:

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/* Change cursor for links that open in new window/tab */ 
:link[target="_blank"], :visited[target="_blank"],
:link[target="_new"],   :visited[target="_new"] { 
   cursor:  crosshair; 
}

If the link will open in a new tab, the cursor looks like a crosshair when you mouse over it. If the link will open in the same tab, it will look like a hand with a pointing finger.

[dickvl]

See:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow (1)
http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link. ... estriction (0)