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auto close tabs that open when clicking download links

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When clicking on a download link, Firefox sometimes opens a new tab to download the file and never closes it. I had found an add-on that closed that tab soon after opening it in the Add-on section. Last night I had a HD crash and had to do a reformat and re-installation of Windows and all my software. I had not made a backup of Firefox with the installed add-ons recently, so when I restored from the backup that add-on wasn't there.

Does anyone know the name of the add-on that I'm referring to so I can reinstall it and not have to close the tabs manually?

When clicking on a download link, Firefox sometimes opens a new tab to download the file and never closes it. I had found an add-on that closed that tab soon after opening it in the Add-on section. Last night I had a HD crash and had to do a reformat and re-installation of Windows and all my software. I had not made a backup of Firefox with the installed add-ons recently, so when I restored from the backup that add-on wasn't there. Does anyone know the name of the add-on that I'm referring to so I can reinstall it and not have to close the tabs manually?

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A possible workaround to prevent opening a new tab is to use "Save Link As" in the right-click context menu instead of left-clicking the link.

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Click Start, select “Control panel” option

   Open “Uninstall a program”
   Uninstall all suspicious and unknown applications
   Reset Firefox settings
   Download AdwCleaner and scan your computer
   and remove any malware found
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You must Intercept the download links.

   You must send the link to a new tab when 

it is clicked, and not just modify it with target="_blank". The tab must be opened with javascript, so that javascript will be allowed to close it when the time comes.

   Your script must also run-on / handle the 

"popup" tab, so that it can detect when to close the popup.

For this discussion, refer to

this test page at jsFiddle. 

It is structured like this:

where the a.dwnPageLink

links each open a "Download page"
-- which automatically starts a 

file download after a short delay.

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Dinushi Dhananjani said

You must Intercept the download links. You must send the link to a new tab when it is clicked, and not just modify it with target="_blank". The tab must be opened with javascript, so that javascript will be allowed to close it when the time comes. Your script must also run-on / handle the "popup" tab, so that it can detect when to close the popup. For this discussion, refer to this test page at jsFiddle. It is structured like this:

where the a.dwnPageLink

links each open a "Download page"
-- which automatically starts a 

file download after a short delay.

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cor-el said

A possible workaround to prevent opening a new tab is to use "Save Link As" in the right-click context menu instead of left-clicking the link.

Dosn't seem to work when trying to download video files.

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Reset the browser.

   1.Go to about:config via your Address Bar.
   2.Press the button saying you'll be careful.
   3.Search for browser.newtab.url.
   4.Right click -> Reset.
   5.You might also want to check for any prefs Trovi has set. ...
   6.You might have to restart Firefox for this to work.
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browser.newtab.url was not found in search

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If you left-click a link then Firefox will first try to open the link in a new file. If Firefox notices that it can't display the file then you get a download dialog, but Firefox may not close the tab. If you can't right-click and use "Save Link As" as a workaround then you will have to close the tab manually yourself.

I don't know if there are extensions that will close the tab automatically in this case.