Tip for configuring Firefox (geckodriver) to open NEW tabs

Tips and Tricks
,
1

System used:
Katalon Studio Version:
KSE 8.2.5, Build 208
Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)
Firefox: 97.0.1 (64-bit)

Tip for configuring Firefox to open NEW tabs.

  1. Open Katalon > Project > Settings Desired Capabilities > Web UI > Firefox
  2. Input the following DC:
{"FIREFOX_DRIVER":{"moz:firefoxOptions":{"args":{"browser.link.open_newwindow":3.0}}}}

fireFox
fireFox924×558 23.7 KB

See Desired Capabilities for details.
Thanks to @Russ_Thomas for pointing me in the right direction for this solution.

2

For people (okay, geeks) interested in the dirty details, almost all prefs are available in the Firefox source file here:

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/modules/libpref/init/all.js

This is the same info you’ll see when typing about:config into the Firefox address bar.