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If want to go back to the previous web page in Firefox, I can press Ctrl[ or click on the "back" button:

Firefox back button

However, this opens the previous page in the current tab. How can I open the previous page in a new tab instead? Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?

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Holding Ctrl while you click the "back" button opens your previous page in a new tab. (It also retains the history of that tab, so that you can press "back" again in the new tab to return to a previous page.)

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  • Is there a keyboard shortcut for this?
    – Flux
    Commented Oct 31, 2020 at 12:36
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    Thank you. This is documented in Use mouse shortcuts to perform common tasks in Firefox under "Go Back or Forward but in a New Foreground Tab". Middle-click on the back button also works for opening the previous page in a new tab.
    – Flux
    Commented Nov 6, 2022 at 7:13
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This is a bit clunky but you could get a new tab by clicking the + at the end of the current tabs then view the history by clicking the icon that looks a bit like some books on a shelf then select the page which you want.

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