1004633 - Middle-clicking links does not always open in a new tab but shows popup blocker warning instead

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Frederik Braun [:freddy]]

Expected:
When I middle-click (some) links the resource should always be opened in a new tab.

What actually happens: 
I get a warning saying that popup from this site has been blocked.


STR:
There are multiple pages which show this feature. I'll use duckduckgo, hoping their website will stay the same for the time being.
Go to https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mozilla
Note that there are quick results (in a box) and actual results. 
In the actual results, the first one should be mozilla.org. With three lines: the website's title, a description ("Doing good... ") and the URL.
The whole box is clickable. If you middle-click on the box (i.e., *not* the title or the URL!) the link will be blocked by the popup blocker.

Comment 1

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

Right-clicking the search box yields the same result. A related problem might also be that Cmd-clicking the box does not load the tab in the background, instead the newly opened tab is selected and loads.

Comment 2

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

The right-click seems to be a ddg problem. In Chrome it does open the new tab and then shows the context menu unanchored.

Comment 3

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

(In reply to Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] from comment #2)
> The right-click seems to be a ddg problem. In Chrome it does open the new
> tab and then shows the context menu unanchored.

Reported as a bug to DDG. They don't have a public bug tracker so I can't link to it :/

Comment 4

[Frederik Braun [:freddy]]

Are you sure this is a bug with the website?
I'm thought of this as a regression in Firefox, since I can't recall seeing this behavior before.

I have another example page on the wild web that exposes this behavior: Middle click the first image in this article (shows a graph of input.mozilla.org), http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Kommentar-Worst-Firefox-EVER-2180139.html

Comment 5

[Tim Taubert [:ttaubert] (inactive)]

(In reply to Frederik Braun [:freddyb] from comment #4)
> I'm thought of this as a regression in Firefox, since I can't recall seeing
> this behavior before.

Can you use mozregression and try to find a regression range? I can't do middle clicks ;)

Comment 6

[Frederik Braun [:freddy]]

Doesn't seem to be a recent regression then: I can confirm this behavior in builds from early 2013.