Someone recently asked me, “Do you know if there is a way to enter a search, and then tell firefox to open the search in a new tab?”

Yes there is! You need to install the Tabbrowser Preferences (TBP) v1.1.1. Then go to Tools -> Options and select the Tabbed Browsing icon in the left pane of the dialog box. On the right you will see “Load the following in new tabs:”; underneath that select the “Searches from the search bar” option. Then choose whether you want the results to load in the foreground (change focus to the results) or the background (a new tab with your current page keeping focus).

There are many other options available in TBP. Read through the various options to see all of the customizability.

Update: You can also press Alt + Enter. Thanks Mike Vincent!

- Darrell