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Previously, to open bookmark items in a new tab<\/a> by default, a third-party Add-on was needed. Alternately, many users still prefer Ctrl + clicking on a bookmark to open a bookmark in a new window. Clicking on the middle mouse scroll button and selecting a bookmark will work, too.<\/p>\nFirefox “loadBookmarksInTabs” setting in about:config<\/h2>\n
A new preference has been added to the Firefox advanced configuration page “ That’s it! As said earlier, this feature will be available in Firefox 57 and higher.<\/p>\n (Last reviewed in September 2022 – Firefox’s current version is 104.0.1.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mozilla Firefox Nightly 57.0 build introduces an option where you can configure bookmarks to open in a new tab by default. 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about:config<\/code> in the address bar and press Enter.<\/li>\nloadBookmarks<\/code> in the search filter box to show only the bookmark-related settings.<\/span><\/li>\nbrowser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs<\/code> to <\/span>true<\/strong> to always open bookmark in new tab.<\/span><\/li>\nbrowser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground<\/code> to <\/span>true<\/strong> to open bookmarks in a background tab.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n