Weirdly specific firefox question

[conuly]

If I'm typing a URL and I then use the scroll wheel to middle-click it in the address window it will open in a new tab rather than on the same tab I'm on.

Now, when I open a new tab by clicking a link to open a new tab it opens right next to the tab I'm on. If I do it via the address window or the new tab button then it opens all the way at the end of my tabs, which is annoying and disorienting if I'm not already all the way at the end.

Is there a setting, perhaps in about:config, that I can adjust to change this behavior so it always opens new tabs next to the one I'm on?

Comments

[altamira16]

In about.config,
browser.tabs.insertAfterCurrent to true

I found that answer here

[conuly]

You’re a doll, thanks.

[siderea]

Whoohoo! Thanks!

[hudebnik]

I don't use Firefox very often, but I've observed similar behavior in Chrome. I've always assumed that the behavior when you click a link was specifiable in the HTML for the link (like "target='_top'" for opening in new tab as opposed to replacing the current page), but have never investigated to find out for sure.