Why does Firefox always revert to the first open window when I open a second?

Question

So, I'll be working in Firefox (likely for email) and will then open up a new window and as soon as I want to start viewing/working on the new window's page Firefox shifts me right back to the first window. The second window is still open with the correct content, but I'm bounced back to the first window. Very strange, annoying, and frankly pointless. Any ideas why this is happening?

Answer 1

You can do either or both of the two things mentioned here to stop FF from behaving like that :-

1. Disable Protected Mode in Flash :

To do it, go to one of these locations

(For Windows 32bit) >> C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash

(For Windows 64bit) >> C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash



open the "mms.cfg" file in Notepad & add this line: ProtectedMode=0

save it & close.

Restart your browser.



(Note: To Re-enable protected mode, then simply delete the line ProtectedMode=0 you added.)



2. You can also change a specific configuration in Firefox, if the above doesn't work.

Open a new tab in FF, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the

button promising to be careful.

In the search box that appears above the list, type or paste: dom.disable_window_flip

Double-click dom.disable_window_flip to switch it between true and false.

Restart FF.

Answer 2

You dont have it set up right. Go to Options >> Tabs and check the box that says "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately"

Answer 3

i have no idea but try reinstalling it