If you often accidentally detach tabs in your open Firefox windows, you prevent this from happening by activating a flag from its configuration page. In this article, we will show you how.
Prevent accidental detachment of tabs in Firefox
To prevent accidental detachment of tabs in Firefox:
- Open the Firefox browser.
- Type about: config in the address bar.
- Press the enter button.
- Click on Accept the risk and Continue button.
- Search browser.tabs.allowTabDetach.
- Double-click on the configuration.
- Restart Firefox.
At first you need to open the Advanced preferences in the Firefox browser. For that, write about: config in the browser’s address bar, then press the Enter button. He will greet you with a warning message mentioning the caution you might want to keep in mind before moving forward. You must click on the Accept the risk and continue button.
However, if it is not available in your browser, you must activate the configuration editor from the registry editor.
After that, look for this setting:
browser.tabs.allowTabDetach
By default, the value must be set to true. You must double-click on the value to set it to false.
That’s it!
From now on, you cannot create a new window while changing the position of a tab. It will no longer work directly as before. You can change the position of a tab in the same window, but this will reduce the risk of accidentally detaching tabs in the Firefox browser.
Note that you can create a new regular tab and a new private tab. It is also possible to convert an existing tab in a new window. To do this, you must right-click on the tab> select Move tab> Move to a new window.
Unfortunately, this feature is not available in the Google Chrome browser at this time.
