On 7/23/11, David E. Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/23/11 6:06 AM, Lee wrote:
>> On 7/23/11, David E. Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 7/22/11 8:23 PM, Lee wrote:
>>>> On 7/22/11, David E. Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/22/11 4:38 PM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
>>>>>> With help from Michael and WLS, I have now managed
>>>>>> to get e-mail http: hyperlinks to open in a new
>>>>>> window, not in a new tab.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But now I find that the add-on manager opens in
>>>>>> a new tab (I have to use the add-on manager to remove
>>>>>> "Chatzilla", which has been forcibly installed
>>>>>> without my agreement).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please, I do not want tabs. At all. Period.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there one global switch that will stop Seamonkey
>>>>>> 2.2 from opening new tabs at all, and force everything
>>>>>> to open in a new window ? Thank you !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Philip Taylor
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There appears to be no way to open the Add-ons Manager in a new window.
>>>>
>>>> File / New / Browser Window
>>>> in the new window: Tools / Add-ons Manager
>>>>
>>>>> Even with all preferences set to open new windows instead of tabs, the
>>>>> result will be a new tab. The same is true of the Data Manager
>>>>> (passwords, cookies, permissions).
>>>>
>>>> File / New / Browser Window
>>>> in the new window: Tools / Data Manager
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Lee
>>>
>>> In the new window, the Add-ons Manager and the Data Manager open in new
>>> tabs. You get a tab for each even if you have not otherwise used the
>>> new window.
>>
>> Works for me as long as I've got a check mark for Edit / Preferences /
>> Browser / Tabbed Browsing / Hide the tab bar when only one tab is
>> open.
>>
>> uhmm... you did open a new window for the Addons manager and another
>> new window for the Data Manager.. right?
>>
>> Lee
>
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110706 SeaMonkey/2.2
>
> I ALWAYS run with "Hide the tab bar when only one tab is open."
>
> With two new windows where I had no other activity, I requested [Tools >
> Add-ons Manager] in one and [Tools > Data Manager] in the other. The
> managers each appeared in a second tab, and the tab bar appeared.
So it would seem it's a settings difference that's giving you a new
tab. If you want to try & figure out exactly what it is, here's my
browser.tabs settings from about:support
Modified Preferences
browser.tabs.autoHide
false
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent
false
browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground
true
browser.tabs.loadGroup
0
browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs
true
Although considering
>Robert Kaiser wrote:
>> Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) schrieb:
>> I have managed to find a work-around : simply enter "about:addons" in
>> the
>> location field and hit return; the current page will be replaced by the
>> add-on manager, and a return can be made to the previous page when use
>> of the add-on manager is complete using the normal browser "Back"
>> functionality.
>>
>
> BTW, same for about:data and the Data Manager.
I'd try to figure out how to create a bookmark for about:addons and
about:data that opens in a new window.
Regards,
Lee
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