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I'm on Ubuntu 22.04. Since a reinstallation of Firefox 128.0.2 (snap remove firefox ; snap install firefox) it opens links from other applications in the background.

When I click a link in Slack or anywhere else, a system notification pops up saying "Page xyz is ready." But I would like Firefox to come to the foreground with that page.

  • When I install Firefox via apt and use the exact same profile, it correctly comes to the foreground.

  • When I set Chrome as my default browser, it also correctly comes to the foreground.

I tried setting tabs.loadInBackground to false, but that doesn't change anything:

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Giacomo1968
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Felix Dombek
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In Firefox About:preferences

  • search on link.
  • Set When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately

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BTW, you're not limited to using the Snap version of Firefox. If you prefer, uninstall the Snap version (keeping a copy of your profile) and install from Mozilla as PPA. (On PC's I maintain, I find Snap apps slow to start, require large downloads and more disk space, and are often not updated to the latest native version.)

Also, I have the following in userChrome.css to avoid opening a new tab on middle-mouse button-click, which might influence other settings:

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
/* Disable New Tab on MiddleClick */
#tabbrowser-tabs .arrowscrollbox-scrollbox{pointer-events: none} .tabbrowser-tab,.tabs-newtab-button{pointer-events: auto}
#TabsToolbar .toolbar-items {pointer-events: none}
Giacomo1968
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