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Bug 1390490
Opened 7 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
"middle" or command-clicking on link opens new "pop up" window, instead of opening link in new tab
Categories
(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect, P5)
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UNCONFIRMED
People
(Reporter: worcester12345, Unassigned)
References
(Blocks 2 open bugs)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0 Build ID: 20170810180547 Steps to reproduce: Go to this site, and click on one of the links below, with command key on, or using "middle mouse button": https://au.news.yahoo.com/wa/a/36701746/body-builder-meegan-heffords-death-blamed-on-protein-shakes/#page1 WATCH: Car falls seven storeys in parking garage Kind hairdresser spends 13 hours combing teen's hair WATCH: Circus tiger mercilessly whipped after turning on trainer Actual results: new tab opens with "javascript:void(window.open('//au.new...." Regular (left mouse) clicking, opens the link in a new "popup" window. Expected results: Open link in new tab.
Updated•7 years ago
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Component: Untriaged → Event Handling
Product: Firefox → Core
Comment 1•7 years ago
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I think this is just something the site is doing to prevent opening in a new tab.
Priority: -- → P5
Comment 2•7 years ago
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Does it behave differently in other browsers?
Flags: needinfo?(worcester12345)
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Comment 3•7 years ago
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(In reply to Andrew Overholt [:overholt] from comment #1) > I think this is just something the site is doing to prevent opening in a new > tab. Yet I want it in a new tab. Isn't there a bug to "return controls to the user", or something like that? (In reply to Andrew Overholt [:overholt] from comment #2) > Does it behave differently in other browsers? It does similar in IE. If there are others you want to try, please let us know.
Flags: needinfo?(worcester12345) → needinfo?(overholt)
Comment 4•7 years ago
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(In reply to Worcester12345 from comment #3) > (In reply to Andrew Overholt [:overholt] from comment #1) > > I think this is just something the site is doing to prevent opening in a new > > tab. > > Yet I want it in a new tab. > > Isn't there a bug to "return controls to the user", or something like that? I filed one and made this block it :) > (In reply to Andrew Overholt [:overholt] from comment #2) > > Does it behave differently in other browsers? > > It does similar in IE. If there are others you want to try, please let us > know. Thank you for testing! If you could check in Chrome, too, that would be nice.
Flags: needinfo?(overholt)
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Comment 5•7 years ago
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Here is the bug I was thinking of: Bug 565512 - Paper cuts: Being in Control Specifically: "Issues that causes people to feel like they aren't in control of their browser."
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Updated•7 years ago
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Blocks: cuts-control
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Updated•5 years ago
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Component: Event Handling → User events and focus handling
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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