1156459 - Middle clicking a link opens new tab, but intermittently doesn't load target URL

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[stefano]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:34.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/34.0
Build ID: 20150402191859

Steps to reproduce:

Middle click (scroll wheel click) a link to open it in a new tab.


Actual results:

A new tab opens. The tab title remains "New Tab." If I switch to that tab, the address bar is populated with the correct target URL. However, no attempt was made to actually load the target URL. I have to manually switch focus into the address bar and hit Enter in order to load the page.

This behavior is intermittent and I'm unable to reproduce intentionally; it is not specific to any particular website. The bug was not observed in any versions prior to 37.0.1, and began happening after upgrading to 37.0.1.


Expected results:

A new tab opens and the target URL is immediately loaded.

Comment 1

[stefano]

Additional note:

I have the following add-ons installed; the bug persists even with all of them disabled.

CanvasBlocker 0.1.4
Classic Theme Restorer 1.3.0
Ghostery 5.4.3
Google search link fix 1.4.9
HTTPS-Everywhere 5.0.2
Self-Destructing Cookies 0.4.7
User Agent Switcher 0.7.3
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 (disabled)

Comment 2

[u554753]

Hi stefano, 

Are you still having this issue? Are there any URLs in particular that are causing this to happen? Thanks.

Comment 3

[u554753]

Closing due to lack of information provided. If this issue is still pertinent, please comment with the requested information. Thanks!