Getting Firefox 2.0 to act more like 1.0.
November 3, 2006 3:32 PM Subscribe
Firefox 2.0 annoyance: Is there a way to make pages autoload when I select them from the dropdown menu on the navigation toolbar?
I'm talking about the little down arrow to the right of the address bar, that opens a box with a list of recently viewed sites. Now, when I click on a link, it puts it in the address bar, but I still have to hit enter. Before, clicking on a link would automatically begin loading it. Is there a way to go back to this old behavior?
I'm talking about the little down arrow to the right of the address bar, that opens a box with a list of recently viewed sites. Now, when I click on a link, it puts it in the address bar, but I still have to hit enter. Before, clicking on a link would automatically begin loading it. Is there a way to go back to this old behavior?
Best answer: FWIW, my firefox 2.0 automatically loads after clicking on the links. Maybe you have an extension or changed setting messing it up?
posted by scodger at 4:21 PM on November 3, 2006
posted by scodger at 4:21 PM on November 3, 2006
My Firefox 2.0 does as well. Running on Windows 2000, no extensions installed that seem like they would affect that behaviour, and no changes to about:config.
posted by Bugbread at 4:25 PM on November 3, 2006
posted by Bugbread at 4:25 PM on November 3, 2006
What OS are you on? I get the behavior you want in Firefox 2.0 on Windows XP, even after I disabled all my extensions. I haven't tweaked about:config settings much, and can't think of any that would apply (I tried turning hidegobutton back to false; it didn't change this behavior with or without my extensions enabled.)
Try creating a new profile and see what behavior you get with it.
posted by Zed_Lopez at 4:26 PM on November 3, 2006
Try creating a new profile and see what behavior you get with it.
posted by Zed_Lopez at 4:26 PM on November 3, 2006
Response by poster: You're right, scodger. I just opened in safe mode and it worked like you said. The culprit seems to be Tabbrowser Preferences, which is so common I have it on all copies of firefox, so I never realized it was the issue.
posted by kingjoeshmoe at 4:27 PM on November 3, 2006
posted by kingjoeshmoe at 4:27 PM on November 3, 2006
Response by poster: More info:
The homepage for Tabbrowser preferences says he's aware of "several minor buglets with regards to the URL bar", and is working on fixing them.
posted by kingjoeshmoe at 4:31 PM on November 3, 2006
The homepage for Tabbrowser preferences says he's aware of "several minor buglets with regards to the URL bar", and is working on fixing them.
posted by kingjoeshmoe at 4:31 PM on November 3, 2006
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posted by unexpected at 3:56 PM on November 3, 2006