142596 - Links opened in new window should inherit "back" history

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 18808

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement)

Description

[Andy Chan]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.0+)
Gecko/20020506
BuildID:    2002050604

When opening a link into a new tab or window, the back button history should be
inherited.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a link in new window/tab
2. Go to newly opened window/tab
3. Back button is greyed out (no history)

Actual Results:  The new page opened is started as a new root to the history-line.

Expected Results:  The new page opened should be treated as a fork from the
history-line.

I think this should be expected behaviour because it makes sense to me
conceptually. Sometimes I open a bunch of links to new windows from a site, and
then on the final "link of interest" open it in the original window. Since only
one window has the complete "back history" I have to carefully monitor which one
it is to avoid closing it by accident.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18808 ***