On Saturday 12 May 2007, Kam Leo wrote: > On 5/12/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Saturday 12 May 2007, Kam Leo wrote: > > > On 5/11/07, Tony Crouch <acrouch2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to open a new firefox window > > > > when you already have one instance of the window already open. > > > > > > > > For example, I may have a firefox window already open in Gnome window > > > > 1. I then move to Gnome window 2, open a terminal window and type: > > > > > > > > firefox `pwd`/fav_html_file.html > > > > > > > > to open a desired html file. > > > > > > > > However, firefox does not open a "new" window. It just opens a new > > > > "tab" in the original Gnome window 1 instance of firefox. > > > > > > > > I was wondering if anyone would know how to force firefox to open a > > > > new instance of itself (i.e. a new firefox window) in the current > > > > Gnome window. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > > > All the best. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Tony Crouch > > > > > > OK, obligatory question: Did you try File->New Window ? > > > > Firefox in FC6 is buggy - and no, I haven't reported it, or even checked > > whether it has been reported. If you ask for a link to be opened in a > > new window it automatically opens it in a new tab. You then have to use > > 'Detach Tab'. > > > > Anne > > It works. You have to use the "-new-window" parameter. Inside konqueror? I don't think so. Other versions of FF can do it. This one can't. Anne
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