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How do I prevent Firefox from closing tabs on middle click?

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Mar 15, 20265500 views

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This has become more of an issue since I got a Magic Mouse and have middle-click mapped as 3-finger touch. It's always annoyed me that Firefox even does this--is there a way to prevent firefox from closing tabs when you middle-click them?

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As there doesn't appear to be a setting in about:config, the only way i know how to do it is using the addon Tab Mix Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122

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