Scott Klarr Jr
Disable load URL from clipboard with middle click in firefox
Posted On Feb 27, 2008 at 3:53 am
Firefox has a really annoying "feature" where if you middle click in the browser, it will attempt to load whatever is in your clipboard as a URL - most of the time throwing an error saying "not a valid URL" when you dont have the intention of actually loading a url when middle clicking. Fortunately, this is very easy to disable even though its not an option from within the preferences panel.
To enable/disable this feature, enter about:config into the URL bar and hit enter.
Do a search for middlemouse.contentLoadURL and set it to false. Simple as that!
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Paul B Garland Jun 23, 2008
How do you set it to false?
Anon Oct 24, 2008
The easiest way is to just double-click the value. Or you could right click, open the menu, and select "toggle".
sshock Feb 16, 2010
Thank you!
david Feb 17, 2010
thx very much!