Open a new tab with javascript but stay on current tab

Question

Is it possible to open a new tab in Firefox (in background) using window.open(\"http://www.google.com\") function, and remain the current tab?

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Answer 1

Whether or not to focus a new tab when it is opened is a browser setting and not something that you can control.

Opening links in a new tab at all (rather than a separate window) is a browser setting too, so you're facing an uphill battle with this one.

Basically, leave it up to the user to decide how they want to open links.