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How do I stop Firefox on Ubuntu from trying to load whatever is in my clipboard when I middle-click on a non-link?
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In Firefox on Ubuntu, if I middle-click anywhere on a page that's not a link, it seems to treat whatever text is in the clipboard as a URL and tries to load it. This is annoying, since if I either accidentally click the middle button or (more often) miss a link when trying to middle-click it, I'll …
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Fix for: How do I stop Firefox on Ubuntu from trying to load whatever is in my clipboard when I middle-click on a non-link?
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=966627&postcount=3 In about:config - set middlemouse.contentLoadURL to false. @corey, @therefromhere: done.
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