Generally the website controls where links are opened by default. It may be that the search engine is choosing different options in different browsers.
If a website isn't opening links in a new tab by default, then you can press cmd (on Mac) or ctrl ...
There's a couple of other ways to access different engines without taking your hands of the keyboard:
Type `@google ` before the search term (If you just type `@` you'll see a list of search engines that have aliases - you can set up more in the s...
You can already do something similar by:
Select the textRight click on itHold the ctrl key (maybe alt on windows) and select "Search <search engine name> for <selection text>"
If it opens in background, a slightly different ctrl/alt combination may o...
There's various ways to access different engines without taking your hands of the keyboard:Type `@google ` before the search term (If you just type `@` you'll see a list of search engines that have aliases - you can set up more in the search settings...
I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by "new setting". As far as I know nothing has changed in Firefox for Android recently in relation to the settings of the search engine.
There is information here on how to set your default search engine within F...