Closed Bug 1054290 Opened 10 years ago Closed 10 years ago

mailto links should open in a new tab when target="_blank"

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
File Handling
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 646552

People

(Reporter: rgauthier, Unassigned)

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Details

Opening a mailto link with a webmail loads in the current tag. Even if target="_blank" was specified. 1. Go to Tools/Options/Applications in Firefox and set 'mailto'='always ask' 2. Open a mailto link 3. Choose gmail or yahoo 4. The webmail loads in the current tab data:text/html,<a href="mailto:me@you.com" target="_blank">moo</a>
Blocks: 1053774
Flags: firefox-backlog+
URL: data:text/html,<a href="mailto:me@you...
Component: General → File Handling
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: x86_64 → All
Target Milestone: --- → Firefox 34
We only use the target milestone field to track in which train a fix initially landed. As there is no fix and nothing's landed, please leave it unset. If you want to argue this should be fixed in the next week, please talk to Gavin / Chad / Madhava about desktop prioritization. (tbh, this kind of thing seems like something we could uplift if changing it is OK from a web perspective)
Target Milestone: Firefox 34 → ---
to distinguish an enhancement / bug.
Summary: mailto links open webmails in the current tabs → mailto links should open in a new tab when target="_blank"
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Flags: firefox-backlog+ → firefox-backlog-
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