925130 - Popups should only steal focus from the current tab if the current tab is the one who spawned the popup

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

Discussion via IRC:

<mcomella> ibarlow: If a popup tries to open, should it open over any open tab?
<mcomella> As in, even if the tab you're currently on is not the one trying to spawn the popup?
<mcomella> That's what we currently do but I wonder if it's the correct behavior
<ibarlow> hm that's a good question. I can see that being correct if your current tab is the one that spawns the popup. But if it's a background tab… I'm not sure we should take the user away from their current context

Comment 1

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

^ needinfo on a definitive answer as to whether or not this is the expected behavior.

Comment 2

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

An idea: Perhaps we want to label popups in the tabs tray so if the tab gets opened as a background tab, it is at least obvious why this new tab is here.

Comment 3

[Ian Barlow (:ibarlow)]

Yeah, I still feel that what we discussed should be the behaviour. Popups from background tabs should not steal focus.

Comment 4

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