Windows – How to make double-clicking the tab bar create new tabs

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I've disabled "tabs on top" in Firefox 4, but it seems that double-clicking an empty area in the tab bar still behaves as if it was the title bar, so the effect is toggling window maximization.

I grew used to the Firefox 3.x behavior, which is to open a new tab when double-clicking an empty area in the tab bar; however, I could not find any way to restore that option in the Firefox options or even in about:config. Is it at all possible, and if it is, how?

EDIT turns out it's a known bug with Firefox 4 on windows.

Best Answer

This option is available with the Tab Mix Plus extension.

In the Tab Mix Plus options:

  1. Select the Mouse Menu
  2. Choose the Mouse Clicking tab
  3. Choose the Double-click tab
  4. For the "on the tabbar:" setting choose "Open a new tab"
  5. Click the checkbox: "Prevent double click on Tab-bar from changing window size."

Double click on the tabbar to create a new tab in Firefox

EDIT: Now there's an option in the mentioned dialog box, "Prevent double click on Tab-bar from changing window size." Setting that option, as well as the ones suggested above, fixes the problem.

UPDATE: Thanks for the tip - the updated dialog box is now included.

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