opening hyperlink should open in new window

In the past, when using the Firefox browser, whenever I opened a hyperlink, it opened in a new window.

This suddenly doesn't work anymore. In both, the Firefox and Google Chrome browser, opening a hyperlink opens in the same window and gets rid of the previous website. And the backup button isn't even enabled to go back to the previous website, which disappeared with the hyperlink.

How can I fix this so that it always opens in a new window? Thanks in advance for any response!

Simple solution look in the Menu for Options choose Options then Tabs.

ananya0, try this. Click on Help, then Restart with Add-ons disabled. One of the options you will get is Disable all addons, you can choose this to see if an addon is causing the issue. If that is no help, you can repeat that and try the Reset all user preferences to Firefox defaults.



A Guy

You can try changing the setting in FF with the about:config options:

Insider Secrets: Firefox hacks - CNET Reviews

I am not familiar with Chrome at all as I only tried it for a few days before uninstalling it.

Which version of FF are you using? A Guy

I was not speaking to the downloads, since I can't say personally about either, but rather the manual about:config settings you can make too change behavior as listed in the article.

Links from other applications
When a link is sent from another application, such as when you click a URL in an e-mail, what should the browser do? There are three options: open the page in a new window, open the page in a new tab in the front window, or replace the current page in the front window.

The options for this behavior are shown at the top of the Tabbed Browsing panel in the Preferences window. If you ever feel the need to set this preference via About:config, look for browser.link.open_external. Setting this preference to 1 opens the link in the current tab and window, 2 opens it in a new window, and 3 opens it in a new tab in the front window.

A Guy