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When doing a view source code in Firefox, by default the browser opens a new window with the source code. However, this default behaviour can be changed. With Firefox, you can change the default behaviour to open the source code in your favorite editor. This article describes step by step instructions to modify the default behaviour.

1.)  Browse to about:config in your Firefox browser.

2.) Search for the entry view_source.editor.external  and modify this to true. The default value for this entry is false. 

3.) Next, search for the entry view_source.editor.path  and modify this to the explicit path to your editor of choice. 

Next time, when you click on View Page Source from the context menu, the source code will be displayed in your favorite editor; instead of a Firefox window.

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