Comments on: Middle click

By: yvrelna

yvrelna — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:06:08 +0000

Not only the search and go buttons but also back, forward, home, bookmarks, and history can be middle-clicked.

Personally, I liked the go button. Often I am too lazy to go to the keyboard and I’m pasting an URL with a mouse. Without the Go button I’ll have to press the enter on the keyboard…

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:13:33 +0000

“Aswell” is incorrect, it’s “as well”, with a space.

By: awdrifter

awdrifter — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:58:45 +0000

Yeah, the middle click is freaking annoying. Is there any ways or any hacks that can change the middle click’s fuction?

By: AnonyMouse

AnonyMouse — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:39:54 +0000

IMO, Middle click in the most annoying feature of Firefox! I hate that it opens links in a new window when I middle click on them. I want middle click to operate the same way it does in every other program — to open up the scroll icon. Now because of the new Firefox update I have to be extra careful about where I use the middle click button, and that’s very annoying. At a bare minimum they should offer somewhere in the options for you to disable the middle click functionality.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:34:27 +0000

That’s cool, I never knew about that middle clicking on the ‘go’ button thing. Nice.

By: Pak

Pak — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:50:39 +0000

The “Go” button and the “Search” (Magnifying Glass) button can both be very useful when combined with middle-clicking. You can now go to URLs in a new tab by middle-clicking Go, or show the search engine results on a new tab.

PS. On my computer at home, several versions ago I disabled the middle clicking on firefox. Now, with updated firefox 2, I can’t find the option to get it back… :S
(each update of firefox seems to “mantain” the settings of the old verson)

By: JRB Technology

JRB Technology — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:42:16 +0000

Middle click…

Cool, FireFox 2 has built in spell check for html forms. Pretty sweet, now I don’t have to use MS Word to spell check everything before I type it, like I am doing now. I noticed this when I was typing something in a comment box and noticed almost…

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:06:07 +0000

No, I know how to do that. I meant just how to get rid of the ‘Go’ button on the search bar. I found out how to do it. It involves altering some CSS file. I don’t think I can be that bothered. Thanks anyway though.

By: Henrik Brix Andersen

Henrik Brix Andersen — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:11:05 +0000

To get rid of the search interface you can just right click the toolbar, select “Customize…” and drag it off the toolbar onto the palette.

By: MatGB

MatGB — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:15:12 +0000

Well of course it didn’t recognise you using Doh. The official recognised OED spelling is d’oh! Any fule know that.

I turned off middle click to close ages ago, after I accidentally did it, but I’ve been using middle click to open since Netscape 6. Or was it 7. Whatever, it’s great. Waiting for 2.0.1, just because it’ll be a dig DL and there are too many functions I’ll need to turn off. UI says close window/tab top right, not in random location, and I can right click/close or ctrl+w anyway.

Still, it looks good.