Open links in new tab in Firefox? [SOLVED]

[Gustavo Seabra]

Gustavo Seabra wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I configure Firefox so that it will  open a link in a new tab 
> instead of a new window? I  already have this option selected in the 
> Firefox preferences --> Advanced --> Tabbed browsing -->
>   "Open links from other applications in:"
>        ...
>        "a new tab in the most recent window.",
> but when I click on a link in Thunderbird, it always opens a new 
> Firefox window. Is there anywhere else I should change?
> I'm using:
>    FC3
>    KDE
>    Firefox 1.0
>    Thunderbird 0.9
>
> Thanks,
>
Thanks a lot for the answers. The way I solved it was just changing the 
line 224 in /usr/bin/firefox to remove the new-window parameter from the 
Firefox call, as suggested by Mariano and in the bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=138789
That solved it.

Thanks.

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Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student
Chemistry Department
Kansas State University
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