Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm using Firefox 3.5.3 with a Google
as my default search.  When use the search toolbar at the top of
the screen, is there a way to show the search results in a new
tab?  Right now the search results overwrite the current page I
am looking at. That is rarely what I want. I would like to see
the results in a new tab.  share|improve this question  5
Answers 5  up vote 13 down vote accepted  This is pretty easy.
Type about:config into the address bar, and then put the
following into the filter box: browser.search.openintab. Double-
click the value to change it to true.   share|improve this
answer +3 if I could. This really helped me. –  Macha Sep 28 '09
at 17:43 +1 for most correct answer. Though I personally
wouldn't recommend doing that. –  hasenj Sep 28 '09 at 17:47
@hasen j - why wouldn't you recommend it? –  ChrisF Sep 28 '09
at 17:52 I selected this answer because it is the best Firefox-
only solution (no add-ons). I ended up using @alex's solution
but I can only select one. Thank