Disable and Undo Tab Tearing in Firefox 3.5

Posted on Jul 08, 2009 in Tabbed Browsing

Disable Tab Tearing in Firefox 3.5 One of the new features coming to Firefox 3.5 was tab tearing. What has become a nuisance for some, it lets you drag a tab outside of Firefox and launch in a new window. I kind of like the feature, however if you do not – there is an add-on that will help sooth your pain.

You will want to pickup the bug489729 add-on for Firefox. This oddly named extension comes with two main controls. You can:

Disable Detach Tab – use this to disable tab tearing
Enable Drop URL – use this to be able to drag a tab to your desktop to create a shortcut.

Now, what if you want to keep tab tearing, however you would like the ability to undo a tab detachment? Then you need to pick up the Undo Detach Tab add-on for Firefox. As the name says, it will add a context menu option where you can undo your tab tearing.

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Harry Jul 08, 2009 at 10:06 am #

For some unknown reason, when I started using Firefox 3.5, the ability to switch from tab to tab by using Ctrl-tab doesn’t work anymore. Instead, it just switches from the page to the address bar, and back again.
Any ideas?
Mitch Jul 08, 2009 at 10:09 am #

Hi Harry, I just tested it – and I am able to still do it via Firefox 3.5. Might try disabling your addons, restart and see if it is still an issue.
faizfaidzin Jul 12, 2009 at 6:31 am #

where i can install firefox 3.5?
mitchkeeler Jul 12, 2009 at 11:35 am #

Go to http://www.getfirefox.com
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