414237 - I cannot duplicate a page with mouse anymore!

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 405232

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Behnam Esfahbod [:zwnj]]

I used to middle-click on the "Go" button to open the same page in a new tab.  I cannot do that with mouse anymore.

Well, here are some options:

- Middle-click on the Places "Star" button opens the same url in a new tab. (as it has the place for "Go" icon now on, this is almost necessary IMHO)

- Middle-click on the "Reload" button...

- Middle-click on the "Site Icon"...
  (NEW BUG: it make an error now: "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded." !!)

- Add "Duplicate Tab" to current tab's header context-menu.
  (or "Open in new Tab?")

Comment 1

[Behnam Esfahbod [:zwnj]]

- Middle-click on the URL itself is a good additional option for Win users too.

Comment 2

[Elmar Ludwig]

(In reply to comment #0)
> - Middle-click on the "Site Icon"...
>   (NEW BUG: it make an error now: "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded."

That is actually a feature, see bug 291768.

And this bug is a dup of bug 405232. ;-)

Comment 3

[Behnam Esfahbod [:zwnj]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > - Middle-click on the "Site Icon"...
> >   (NEW BUG: it make an error now: "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded."
> 
> That is actually a feature, see bug 291768.

Interesting.  This is so useful.  But there's a problem here.  It says "The URL is not..."; which URL?!  I think we need to show the content on the Alert box, or at least, paste it first in the address bar, then make the alert.  I had no idea what was going on there.

REOPEN for this one?

Comment 4

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > (In reply to comment #0)
> > > - Middle-click on the "Site Icon"...
> > >   (NEW BUG: it make an error now: "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded."
> > 
> > That is actually a feature, see bug 291768.
> 
> Interesting.  This is so useful.  But there's a problem here.  It says "The URL
> is not..."; which URL?!  I think we need to show the content on the Alert box,
> or at least, paste it first in the address bar, then make the alert.  I had no
> idea what was going on there.
> 
> REOPEN for this one?

Please file a new bug for that.