Merlin
New Tab from Location Bar

New Tab from Location Bar

Opens new tabs from the location bar, by conditions.

What is New Tab from Location Bar?
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.
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Merlin
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Rating: 4.70 (91)
Version: 3.1.2resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2010-11-25
Weekly download count: 16
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • tabs
  • webNavigation
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 20.38K
URLs: Website
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# 1627 ▼ 4
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Summary
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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
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, 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
Recent reviews
Through this add-on, searching from the address bar opens search results in two of the same tabs.
by Tubelerczyk, 2023-04-26
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Safety
Risk impact

New Tab from Location Bar is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install New Tab from Location Bar if you trust the publisher.

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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