browser.search.context.loadInBackground controls whether a search from the context menu with "Search <search engine> for <selected text>" opening a new tab will give focus to it and load it in the foreground or keep focus on the current tab and open it in the background.
- Type:
boolean - Default value:
false - Exists by default: yes
- Application support: Firefox 13.0
- Status: Active; last updated 2012-02-17
- Introduction: Pushed to Nightly on 2012-02-15
- Bugs: bug 727131
Values
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true - New tab with search results will be opened in the background, focus stays on the current tab.
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false(default) - New tab with search results will be opened in the foreground.