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fonzbear2000
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Saint Paul, MN

Want search Google option in Firefox not to open in new tab

On Firefox for Mac, if I highlight something and select to search Google for it, it opens the search in a new tab. Is there a way to make it so the search is opened in either a new window or the same window?


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DrDrew
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join:2009-01-28
SoCal
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goto about:config then turn browser.search.openintab to false

Edit: nevermind that doesn't work for Context menu searches.


DrDrew
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join:2009-01-28
SoCal
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I realized that the plugin I have, Context Search X, does that and it's not a default Fx option.



fonzbear2000
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Saint Paul, MN

said by DrDrew:

I realized that the plugin I have, Context Search X, does that and it's not a default Fx option.

So, are you saying there's a way to do what I'm asking then? For me, browser.search.openintab was already set to false by default.
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DrDrew
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said by fonzbear2000:

said by DrDrew:

I realized that the plugin I have, Context Search X, does that and it's not a default Fx option.

So, are you saying there's a way to do what I'm asking then? For me, browser.search.openintab was already set to false by default.

Yes. I use Context Search X:
»addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox···rprofile

It allows a few new options for Context Searching. One of them is to open context searches in the current window:

Setting the

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fonzbear2000
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Saint Paul, MN

Oh, I get it now. That works great and does exactly what I want! Thanks so much!


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