106738 - Proposed preferences option for middle mouse button functionality

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, enhancement)

Description

[Damon]

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BuildID:    2001102308

The feature of mozilla under UNIX that allows opening a link in a new window by
clicking on the link with the middle button is a real timesaver that i use every
day.  I'd like to see it enhanced a bit.

With the advent of tabbed browsing, i've started using a single browser window
with multiple tabs for everything.  Now the middle mouse button shortcut has
gotten a little messy, as i no longer want a new window, i want a new tab.  Of
course i can right-click on the link and select `Open in new Tab' but this is
somewhat less convenient and i usually forget.  What would be nice (and should
be easy to do?) is a preferences item for changing the middle button action from
`open in new window' to `open in new tab'.  There may be other options that
could be presented as well, such as `Copy link address' for those who use it a
lot.  Ideally i'd like to see at least these options for a middle-click:

- Open link in new tab and focus new tab
- Open link in new tab without focus
- Open link in new window and focus new window
- Open link in new window without focus
- Copy link address

The reason for the `no focus' options is that usually when i open a link in a
new window/tab, it's because i want to keep reading the page i'm on, but start
the new page loading somewhere for later reference.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
not a problem.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Preferences > Navigator > Tabbed browsing has some of these already...

Comment 2

[Damon]

Whoops!  I'm sorry, i simply hadn't seen those options.  That pretty much covers
everything i wanted, and more!  My apologies... this feature request should be
closed, then.  Sorry for the spurious traffic.

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

okidoke! :)

Comment 4

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