102434 - [rfe] New tabs not made current

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 102120

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[ltskinol]

Linux: 2001092906

When I (and I think lots of other people) browse, I use the middle-click
open-in-new-window to open links on a page.  Since I'm on a slow connection,
I have my WM setup to minimize these new windows when they appear.  I think
it would be handy to have a "change the pres.js"-style enhancement to the
tabbed window interface whereby new windows aren't made current when they
open - that is, a new tab would appear, but the former tab stays as the
current, visible one.

BTW, this tab interface rocks!

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

You can also change prefs to make middle-mouse click "open link in new tab"
instead of window: user_pref("browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick", true);

If i understand your RFE correct, however, it looks like a dup of bug 102120?

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

so it is

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102120 ***

Comment 3

[ltskinol]

Indeed, a dupe.

Comment 4

[John Morrison]

v

Comment 5

[Brant Gurganus]

[RFE] is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement.  They have the same meaning.