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When I do Ctrl + Click on a Firefox tab, the display in the tab includes an asterisk (*) before the page name.

What does this signify? Does this have any special significance?

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    I don't see it. Are you sure no extensions are involved?
    – Oliver Salzburg
    Jun 8, 2012 at 9:48
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    I have Tab-Mix Plus installed. (As suggested in the Answer).
    – Hashken
    Jun 8, 2012 at 11:15

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This is part of the Tab Mix Plus extension.

The default defined action for Ctrl + Click is Selects the tab for merging. You can then merge tabs into one window with Ctrl + Shift + U. Tabs selected for merging are indicated with a (*) before the page name (that's an asterisk enclosed in parentheses).

Editor's note: The shortcut used to be Ctrl + Shift + M, but that now opens a firefox dev tool. After extensive online searching for the new shortcut, I had to search the source code of the extension.

Screenshot of Tab Mix Plus <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Click</kbd> options
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  • I never realized Tab-mix plus had such an option. Thank you for the help.
    – Hashken
    Jun 8, 2012 at 11:12
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    For me, on recent FireFox, Ctrl+Shift+M opens the "mobile view". I'm honestly not sure how to cause the merge to happen, given that that shortcut is not available... I don't see any right-click menu option.
    – jwd
    Dec 30, 2015 at 19:51

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