New Tab from Location Bar
Opens new tabs from the location bar, by conditions.
New Tab from Location Bar: Firefox Add-on
New Tab from Location Bar is a practical Firefox add-on enabling users to open new tabs directly from the location bar. It provides the freedom to open any operation in the location bar in a new tab. Also, it offers the feature of opening new tabs as 'children' of the current tab if the URI is a part of the website being browsed in the existing tab. Note: Not essential for Firefox 60 and later versions.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 18
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- <all_urls>
- storage
- tabs
- webNavigation
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
Size: 20.38K
URLs: Website
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Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary
NOTE: This project seems needless on Firefox 60 and later. You just go to about:config and turn browser.urlbar.openintab to true.
See also the bug 1394304 - Support always open urlbar result in a new tab.
Opens new tabs from the location bar, by conditions. This provides only following features:
- Always open new tab by any operation in the location bar.
- Open new tab as a "child" of the current tab if the URI is a part of the website you are browsing in the current tab.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Does what it says it does
- Great
- Works very well
Cons
- Seems deprecated and needless as per new FF feature
- Affects the Home Button
- No option to choose whether to force Home Button into a new tab
Most mentioned
- Does what it says it does
User reviews
Through this add-on, searching from the address bar opens search results in two of the same tabs.
by Tubelerczyk, 2023-04-26
Add-on safety
Risk impact
New Tab from Location Bar requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
New Tab from Location Bar is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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