Open new tabs in firefox/mozilla

**j79zlr** · June 18th, 2004

I know variations of this have been posted on the web, but I never found a working script, so I fixed it [for me atleast]. Create a script in your home directory named whatever you want [I use firefox_newtab.sh].

Code:

#!/bin/sh
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox"

url="$1"
if [ "x$url" = "x" ]; then
  url="about:blank"
fi

if $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox openURL\("$url",new-tab\); then
  exit 0
fi
exec $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/firefox "$url"

Now if you point an application to use that instead of the binary it will open in a new tab instead of the "Choose Profile" dialog. Works in GAIM by changing the browser to 'manual' and pointing it to the script, and in Thunderbird, by adding this to your prefs.js file:

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/to/firefox_newtab.sh");

I am assuming that this works for mozilla in the exact same manner, by changing the FIVE_HOME path to mozilla's and the line to mozilla-xremote-client -a mozilla openURL etc; also, I would assume that you could remove the /usr/bin/mozilla binary and replace it with the shell script, and not need to point to the script then.

**vern** · June 18th, 2004

Nice tip. Thanks!

**gonaads** · June 18th, 2004

You might want to post this info in this thread also.

http://www.osnn.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2466

**NetRyder** · June 18th, 2004

Very nice tip! Thanks

**X-Istence** · June 18th, 2004

Code:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/bin/:/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/mozilla-1.6/
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME

# get URL to load
url=$1; [ -z $url ] && url=about:blank
what=$2;

if [ -z $what ]; then
        /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox openURL\($url\,new-window\) && exit 0
else
        /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox openURL\($url\,$what\) && exit 0
fi

# if xremote failed, then launch the browser
exec /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/bin/firefox $url &

Given either:

firefox-starter <url> <type> (new-tab, or new-window)

If no URL or type is given, it starts a browser window with a blank screen (about:blank) if only URL is given, it opens a new browser window with that in it. If given new-tab it opens a new tab, and if new-window is set, a new-window (same as not defining it).

Enjoy

.

(Sorry for the hardcoded stuff, change it as you deem fit, it is cause mozilla-xremote-client is not in the same place as firefox the startup script)

June 18th, 2004	Top \| #1
j79zlr Glaanies script monkey Joined: February 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,725 Reputation: 1520 Power: 155	Open new tabs in firefox/mozilla I know variations of this have been posted on the web, but I never found a working script, so I fixed it [for me atleast]. Create a script in your home directory named whatever you want [I use firefox_newtab.sh]. Code: #!/bin/sh export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox" url="$1" if [ "x$url" = "x" ]; then url="about:blank" fi if $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox openURL\("$url",new-tab\); then exit 0 fi exec $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/firefox "$url" Now if you point an application to use that instead of the binary it will open in a new tab instead of the "Choose Profile" dialog. Works in GAIM by changing the browser to 'manual' and pointing it to the script, and in Thunderbird, by adding this to your prefs.js file: user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/to/firefox_newtab.sh"); I am assuming that this works for mozilla in the exact same manner, by changing the FIVE_HOME path to mozilla's and the line to mozilla-xremote-client -a mozilla openURL etc; also, I would assume that you could remove the /usr/bin/mozilla binary and replace it with the shell script, and not need to point to the script then. http://www.j79zlr.com

June 18th, 2004	Top \| #2
vern Dominus Joined: March 2002 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 1,570 Reputation: 660 Power: 146	Nice tip. Thanks! free illegal pr0n @ ribbed.us

June 18th, 2004	Top \| #3
gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 348	You might want to post this info in this thread also. http://www.osnn.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2466 *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*

June 18th, 2004	Top \| #4
NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	Very nice tip! Thanks http://kunal.kundaje.net

June 18th, 2004	Top \| #5
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,496 Reputation: 2808 Power: 220	Code: #!/usr/local/bin/bash export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/bin/:/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/mozilla-1.6/ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME # get URL to load url=$1; [ -z $url ] && url=about:blank what=$2; if [ -z $what ]; then /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox openURL\($url\,new-window\) && exit 0 else /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox openURL\($url\,$what\) && exit 0 fi # if xremote failed, then launch the browser exec /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/bin/firefox $url & Given either: firefox-starter <url> <type> (new-tab, or new-window) If no URL or type is given, it starts a browser window with a blank screen (about:blank) if only URL is given, it opens a new browser window with that in it. If given new-tab it opens a new tab, and if new-window is set, a new-window (same as not defining it). Enjoy . (Sorry for the hardcoded stuff, change it as you deem fit, it is cause mozilla-xremote-client is not in the same place as firefox the startup script) An engineers technical notebook

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