Prevent links from opening in new windows (Firefox, Greasemonkey)

[tomjen]

I got tired of having links open in new windows, so I developed this Greasemonkey script. Hope your find it usefull:

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// ==UserScript==
// @name Window fixer
// @description Prevent opening of links in new windows, since it better options are now possible.
// @include http://www.stevepavlina.com/*
// @include http://stevepavlina.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
var links;
links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
for(i=0;i<links.length;i++)
{
links[i].setAttribute('target','');
}

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[Michael Chui]

On my old computer (I haven't installed everything onto this one yet), I had TargetAlert, which would inform me if the link I was hovering over would open a new window. I usually switched over to the scroll button at that point to open up a new tab instead. Firefox 2 seems to do this automatically, though that might be a preference I haven't noticed yet.

[TechnoGuyRob]

The exact same thing can be done in Firefox 2.0 (but I know I had it enabled in Firefox 1.5 as well, don't know the config option) by going to:

Tools -> Options -> Tabs -> open pages in a new tab

Plus, this will open any javascript-generated pop-ups in new tabs as well.