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Is it possible to open a new tab in Firefox (in background) using window.open("http://www.google.com") function, and remain the current tab?
Thanks for any help
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Yes, either change the browser preferences or use whatever key and click combination is required for that browser to open the link in a new tab but keep focus on the current on.
To open a new tab, we have to use _blank in the second parameter of the window. open() method. The return value of window. open() is a reference to the newly created window or tab or null if it failed.
1) select "open link in new background tab" from the context menu (second choice), 2) use middle-click on the link with your mouse; 3) use Ctrl+leftclick on the link with your mouse, 4) designate a mouse gesture to open a background tab when you perform it over a link.
You can't open tabs in the background using javascript because this is set in the user's preferences in about:config, which you have no control over. The setting is:
browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground=true
Whether or not to focus a new tab when it is opened is a browser setting and not something that you can control.
Opening links in a new tab at all (rather than a separate window) is a browser setting too, so you're facing an uphill battle with this one.
Basically, leave it up to the user to decide how they want to open links.
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