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It is quite annoying when each time I open a new tab in Firefox 3.6, the new tab will be opened next to the tab I’m viewing. I don’t like it very much. The new tab supposed to open at the far right of the tab bar like in the previous Firefox versions.

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Luckily, I found the solution on how to fix that.

  1. In the address bar, type in:
    about:config
  2. Filtering the setting with:
    browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent
  3. Lastly, double click the preference name to change it to ‘false’.

You don’t have to restart your Firefox 3.6 as the change takes effect immediately. If you want to switch it back, just change the setting back to ‘true’.

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21 Responses to “Firefox 3.6 – Open New Tabs in Far Right”

  1. Asif
    February 9th, 2010 | 4:19 pm | Reply

    Thx for the tip. It really saved me :)

  2. yavzas
    February 12th, 2010 | 4:19 pm | Reply

    Thanks so much…

  3. jay
    February 17th, 2010 | 2:23 am | Reply

    I am still more comfortable using Mozila Firefox 3.5

  4. Info Perisian
    February 26th, 2010 | 6:58 pm | Reply

    mozilla firefox top web browser……!!!

  5. ZachM
    February 28th, 2010 | 11:42 am | Reply

    Sweet! Thanks a ton– this was annoying the heck outta me. I’m glad I didn’t have to install a whole new addon just to fix it.

  6. Al Weiss
    March 2nd, 2010 | 1:25 am | Reply

    Let me also add my thanks. This was just getting me pi..ed off. Why do developers just decide to arbitrarily change things after they’ve been working fine?

  7. MASOKIS
    March 2nd, 2010 | 10:21 am | Reply

    bgus2, mff versi terbaru mmg pelik sket..

  8. Boofus McGoofus
    March 3rd, 2010 | 12:07 pm | Reply

    One more bit of thanks added on to the pile – I was going nuts.

  9. Carl
    March 6th, 2010 | 8:52 pm | Reply

    I, for one, actually like the change in FF3.6. It suits me better.

  10. Paul -V-
    March 8th, 2010 | 1:46 am | Reply

    Thank you, thank you THANK YOU!!!

  11. Wallpapers
    March 11th, 2010 | 5:47 am | Reply

    Or you can try Chromifox Extreme 3 from Mozilla add-ons https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10674

  12. Jago
    March 14th, 2010 | 2:48 am | Reply

    Many thanks. Was so annoying!

  13. Willem1
    April 2nd, 2010 | 5:05 pm | Reply

    I’m sorry, but I prefer the new behaviour!

  14. Jim
    April 12th, 2010 | 12:22 am | Reply

    LOL people still use Firefox?! Get with the times and use Chrome or even Opera.

  15. Kevin
    April 16th, 2010 | 11:24 am | Reply

    Thank you! It’s so annoying when software gets changed up like that, for no reason other than to confuse and annoy previous users!

  16. Dan
    May 5th, 2010 | 3:38 am | Reply

    Thanks, that was driving me nuts, too! Default tab behavior setting in the new version should have matched the old version. Firefox should let the user to change to the alternate tab behavior, not have the user download the new version and “poof!” new tab behavior.

  17. indotopnews
    May 7th, 2010 | 9:31 am | Reply

    waw thanks..I tried a new u were right ..

  18. Melen
    June 16th, 2010 | 12:09 pm | Reply

    I am currently using Windows XP and just started to explore Windows registry manipulation. I was looking around the Internet when i read about how to edit windows registry article. Using the instruction from this article I started tweaking Mozilla Firefox. By editing registry keys I was able to install Mozilla and its extension.

  19. vangardx
    June 18th, 2010 | 10:33 am | Reply

    already moved to chrome :)

  20. Just Rain
    June 19th, 2010 | 8:11 pm | Reply

    great tips on this site

  21. Drew Decker
    June 21st, 2010 | 2:54 pm | Reply

    Thanks, very helpful

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