FIXED(?) problem in Firefox -- not platform-specific, AFAIK. No longer automatically switches to new tab when opened.

Last edited Sun May 5, 2024, 04:38 PM - Edit history (2)

I have my Settings set to automatically switch to a new tab when it is opened, but it quit working a couple of months ago. There have been two or three upgrades since, and it still doesn't work.

I tried using about:config to change these two preferences:
change browser.tabs.loadInBackground to true
browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground to true

I also tried another setting, but I don't think it was related.

At first neither of these changes seemed to have any effect. But .... when I went back to look at my Settings, I found "immediately switch to new tab" was now unchecked ! I checked the box to turn it on again and now it works. Earlier, I had tried turning it off, closing Settings, turning it back on and closing Settings, but it had no effect. Hmmmmm. It's like one of my choices in about:config jiggled a switch loose, or something. :/

Any idea what happened here?


THANKS for all who made suggestions. It's still a little unclear if the fix is permanent -- I already had it fail once, but seemed to work reliably after that. Fingers crossed.