how to get an "about:blank" shortcut to open an entirely new ff window [reposted]
albert
before sending it out. Hopefully this should be more easily readable]
I had my old PC set up so that I had two FF shortcuts -- one to my home
page, and one which opened a blank instance of FF. It was very
convenient -- if I did not want to see my home page, I did not have to
bother waiting for it to even partially download when I opened a new FF
window.
Well, my old PC has died and is currently inaccessible, so I cannot go back
to it and see how it is I set up that FF behavior.
I am working with a new PC. But I cannot get my new FF "about:blank"
shortcut to behave as it did on my old machine. This is the shortcut I
have created: [ "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
about:blank ]
--- Currently, if I open the about:blank shortcut first, and then the
regular homepage shortcut, I get two windows -- which is exactly the
behavior I want.
--- But, if I reverse that sequence -- open the regular home page shortcut
first, and then click the about:blank shortcut, instead of two independent
FF windows, I get a second tab [with a blank page] in the first FF instance.
The must be a setting somewhere in "about:config" to alter things so each
shortcut opens a new window [I haven't been able to accomplish this with
trying various combinations of options with "Tools | Options | Tabs"].
TIA
albert
Nir
use this command in shortcut :
firefox.exe -new-window <url>
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments#List_of_command_line_arguments_.28incomplete.29]
Mumia W. (using mozilla)
Go into the "Tabs" section of the preferences and disable the part where
it forces links that open in new windows to open in tabs.
Charlie Mullins
> [this is reposted, because I did a sloppy job of editing the first one
> before sending it out. Hopefully this should be more easily readable]
>
> I had my old PC set up so that I had two FF shortcuts -- one to my home
> page, and one which opened a blank instance of FF. It was very
> convenient -- if I did not want to see my home page, I did not have to
> bother waiting for it to even partially download when I opened a new FF
> window.
>
> Well, my old PC has died and is currently inaccessible, so I cannot go back
> to it and see how it is I set up that FF behavior.
>
> I am working with a new PC. But I cannot get my new FF "about:blank"
> shortcut to behave as it did on my old machine. This is the shortcut I
> have created: [ "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
>
> --- Currently, if I open the about:blank shortcut first, and then the
> regular homepage shortcut, I get two windows -- which is exactly the
> behavior I want.
>
> --- But, if I reverse that sequence -- open the regular home page shortcut
> first, and then click the about:blank shortcut, instead of two independent
> FF windows, I get a second tab [with a blank page] in the first FF instance.
>
> The must be a setting somewhere in "about:config" to alter things so each
> shortcut opens a new window [I haven't been able to accomplish this with
> trying various combinations of options with "Tools | Options | Tabs"].
>
> TIA
>
> albert
>
I have both new tab and new window tab and new button windows. ot sure,
but may have come with one of the button extensions.
--
Charlie in San Francisco
albert
"Nir" <nir...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Nir, thanks
--- revised shortcut:
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -new-window about:blank
Nice, simple, direct, and works like a charm.
It seems to me, BTW, that in an earlier version of FF, I was able to
accomplish the above through Tools | Options | Tab behavior check boxes and
radio buttons. Or maybe it was about:config. I was so occupied trying to
figure out what combination I had previously used, that I never stopped to
consider searching for command line arguments.
albert
albert
"Charlie Mullins" <ctm...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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Thanks Charlie. I think it probably is an extension you have installed.
A while back I had a comprehensive tab extension installed, and it could do
many more tricks than I had time for, but I began to get so confused as to
what was Mozilla and FF behavior when adjusting things, and what was the
extension's behavior, that I decided to back off on my next installation so
I could begin to get a better handle on FF itself.
albert
albert
"Mumia W. (using mozilla)" <paduille.4...@earthlink.net> wrote in
message news:WJudnQGbjJgTSIfY...@mozilla.org...
Thanks, but that does not seem to work --- I had that checkbox unchecked
already. But -- I was still getting that unwanted behavior.
albert