is there any way to make debian 12.7 open new tabs instead of new windows each time I download something with firefox?
from merompetehla@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 20 Sep 2024 09:34
https://lemmy.ml/post/20500741
from merompetehla@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 20 Sep 2024 09:34
https://lemmy.ml/post/20500741
each time I save a file with firefox and click on ‘display progress of ongoing downloads’ on the top right part of the browser and click to open the containing directory, debian opens the directory, but in a new tunar window, not in a new tab in a pre existing thunar window.
It’s tiring working with so many open windows. Better one window and several tabs.
threaded - newest
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Firefox won’t be able to do this without Thunar supporting it, but someone else already posted that Thunar does support it.
Yeah sorry this is about the used filemanager.
In KDE I have set Konsole, Dolphin and Okular to always only open tabs. Really nice, not always self explanatory
I would say it’s about thunar configuration or URL handler configs more than anything. The other comment has what looks like a good solution for x11, no idea if it works on Wayland though.
This could be a Thunar setting or a xfwm4 setting in addition to being a FF setting.
Yes
docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/preferences#behavior_pr…
Tabs and Windows
Open new thunar instances as tabs
Whenever you launch thunar while an existing thunar window is already open, a new tab will be added to the existing thunar window instead of opening a new window.
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forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=244076
Alternately:
forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=16993
xfconf-query -c thunar -p /misc-open-new-window-as-tab -s true && thunar ~/Downloads
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This gets a bit messy. Here’s a python code snippet that gives you some idea what I’m up to with my Debian/Gnome desktop:
if while_tweaking('all', 'default browser', '√'): ChangeSymbolicLink( name='gnome-www-browser', action='Make Tor the default browser.', old=f'~ccrhode/tor-browser_en-US/{TBB_SCRIPT}', new='/etc/alternatives/gnome-www-browser', ) ChangeSymbolicLink( name='x-www-browser', action='Make Tor the default browser.', old=f'~ccrhode/tor-browser_en-US/{TBB_SCRIPT}', new='/etc/alternatives/x-www-browser', ) ChangeGConf( name='http handler', action='Change default Gnome http handler.', path='/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http', key_values={'command': 'gnome-www-browser "%s"'}, ) ChangeGConf( name='https handler', action='Change default Gnome https handler.', path='/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https', key_values={'command': 'gnome-www-browser "%s"'}, ) ChangeGConf( name='default browser', action='Change default Gnome browser.', path='/desktop/gnome/applications/browser', key_values={'exec': 'gnome-www-browser'}, ) if while_tweaking('personal', 'desktop_icons', 'all', 'default browser', '√'): full_path = home_path(f'tor-browser_en-US/{TBB_SCRIPT}') ChangeDesktopLauncher( # 2013 Jun 29 name='firefox', action='Desktop icon for browser.', exec_=f'{full_path} -new-window %U', # 2015 May 14 desktop_name='New Window', icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/other/Web.png', comment="New window for Tor browser.", ) ChangeDesktopLauncher( # 2013 Jun 29 name='firefox', action='Desktop icon for browser.', exec_=f'{full_path} -new-tab %U', # 2015 May 14 desktop_name='New Tab', icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/other/Web.png', comment="New tab for Tor browser. This desktop item IS the default browser. Please leave as-is.", key_values={ 'MimeType': 'text/html;' 'text/xml;' 'application/xhtml+xml;' 'application/xml;' 'application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;' 'application/rss+xml;' 'application/rdf+xml;' 'image/gif;'