I hate those updates (this time around FireFox 65) where suddenly the UX changes without an obvious way to switch back to the old behaviour. [WayBack] How do i get the old CTRL + TAB function back? | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support led me to the proper name (“browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder”), and a confirmation of the below steps in:
- [WayBack] Changing Firefox Tab Cycle Order – Super User
- [WayBack] How to get old tab switching behavior back in Firefox? – Super User
- [WayBack] [Firefox Tip] Disable Ctrl+Tab Thumbnail Previews and Cycle Through Recently Used Tabs – AskVG
I by now know this is only for new user profiles, but since I do not sync profiles (as almost all of my equipment servers different use cases), but still have the same physical user (me), I want consistent behaviour. See [WayBack/Archive.is] Enable “Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order” feature by default in new profiles
Script needed
Too bad I could not find a way to script this: my [WayBack] Mozilla Bugzilla “browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder” “script” – Google Search turned no useful results.
If you have a scripting workaround, please let me know.
Resetting to the old tab behaviour
For me, the easiest way is to
- browse to
about:config, - confirm “I accept the risk!”,
- type “tab” in the “Search” pane,
- select
browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder, - double click on the “browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder” entry to switch from non-bold true (default value; wrong) to
false(actual value; correct).
No need for any save button: the change is immediate.
These might help me script it:
- [WayBack] GitHub – ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js: An ongoing comprehensive user.js template for configuring and hardening Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting
- [WayBack] ToDo: diffs FF62-FF63 · Issue #501 · ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js · GitHub
- [WayBack] configure a new Windows profile · GitHub
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