268546 - links from external program (thunderbird) no longer open a new tab

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Neil Katin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2


I have tabbrowser extension installed.  When I upgraded from firefox PR
to firefox RC2, opening a new tab from an external program (for example
thunderbird, but I confirmed the behavior in other programs too) overwrites
the current tab, instead of opening a new one.  Before the upgrade it
used to open a new tab (as per my preferences settings).

I tried loading QuickTabPrefToggle extension to see if it was a simple bug in
the tabbrowser extension, but the behavior remains broken in the same way.

I also tried setting the preference to "open a new window" without effect:
the current tab continued to have the new URL loaded in it.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Neil Katin]

I should probably add that tab behavior purely from within firefox works
fine: middle (or control) clicking opens a new tab, as do popups (as
per my preferences settings).  It is only links from external programs
that regressed to overwritting the tab.

Comment 2

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

If you disable any extension that's trying to affect external links, and set
your preference in the new Tabbed Browsing section of Tools-Options-Advanced to
something other than "the most recent tab/window" does it work? If so, please
resolve this "WORKSFORME". Thanks.

Comment 3

[Neil Katin]

You're right; if I uninstall the "tab" extensions then it opens a new
tab; I'm guessing the new firefox way of doing it is (not yet) compatible
with the extensions.  Sorry for wasting your time....