If you’re like me, you have several tabs open when you start up Firefox (or
SeaMonkey, the Mozilla replacement). It’s a great way to save time. I can
simply start up Firefox and the pages and websites I need every day to do
my work are right there.
I even do this for other tasks. For instance, I have several websites that
I check on a regular (but not daily) basis. I simply opened all of those
website pages in their own tab in a new window, then selected “Bookmarks
==> Bookmark All Tabs”. This added them to my bookmarks in their own
folder, and from there, I can simply go down to the bottom of the list of
bookmarked pages and select “Open All In Tabs”. Boom! All of my desired
pages open.
This is a great trick — except for those occasions where you want to open
a new window WITHOUT opening every tab that’s in your startup group. If you
select “File ==> New Window”, it will open all of the pages that you have
set to open on startup in their own tabs. For me, that’s at least 6 pages,
leaving me to have to close several windows so that I can work in the one
that I wanted.
Here’s a trick you can use to open only ONE tab when you open a new window:
1. Open a new tab in an existing window.
2. In the Address field, type “about:blank” (without the quotes). This will
load a blank page.
3. Select “Bookmarks ==> Bookmark This Page”.
4. In the small window that appears, click on the little arrow at the far
right of the “Create In” line. The actual bookmark folders will appear.
5. Select the “Bookmarks Toolbar Folder”, then click “OK”.
If all went well, you will now have an “about:blank” bookmark in your
Bookmarks Toolbar. If you can’t see your Bookmarks Toolbar, select “View
==> Toolbars ==> Bookmarks Toolbar” from the menu. There will be a small
check mark (tick mark) in front of it if it is selected.
Now when you want to open a new window without all of your startup tabs
appearing, simply right-click on the “about:blank” bookmark in your
Bookmarks Toolbar and select “Open In New Window” from the context menu
that appears.
Makes life a lot neater and easier!
Thanks for listening,
Tom
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