Re: Don't open links in new window

On 19 Oct 2002, it is alleged that Karl von Laudermann sauntered in to 
netscape.public.mozilla.prefs and loudly proclaimed:

> Sometimes when you click a link, it opens the target page in a new 
> window, because the web site author set it to do so. I know there's a 
> Mozilla preference to _always_ open a link in the same window (unless 
> you explicitly control-click it, or right-click and choose Open Link in 
> New Window). However, I recently trashed my Mozilla preferences and am 
> resetting them all from scratch, and I can't find this option anywhere 
> in the Preferences dialog. Am I just blind, or did they remove it from 
> the dialog? If the latter, how can I set it directly in prefs.js?

'Twas never in, AFAIK.  Try adding

//force 'target="_blank"' to load in same browser window (allowing you to 
open it in a tab):
user_pref("browser.block.target_new_window", true);

to user.js.

/b.

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