Closed Bug 1458570 Opened 8 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Clicking a link in a popup does not open last focused instance

Categories

(Firefox :: Untriaged, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Untriaged
Version:
59 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: allan.w.macdonald, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0 Build ID: 20180404120016 Steps to reproduce: Prerequisites: Firefox 59.0.2 (64-bit) under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS The following options are enabled: Open links in tabs instead of new windows option When you open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately Actions: 1. Open an instance of Firefox. 2. Browse to a webmail site (such as https://webmail.exchange.telus.com/owa/) 3. Open a new instance (window) and browse to some other web site (such as accuradio.com) 4. Bring the first instance into focus and click on a webmail message. A popup containing the email appears. 5. In the email message, click on a link. Actual results: The link clicked on opened in a new tab in the second instance (accuradio.com). Expected results: The link should have opened in a new tab in the first instance (containing the webmail tab)
Hi Allan, Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to reproduce the issue on Firefox 59.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 x64 and Windows 10 x64. Since I did not have credentials to use for https://webmail.exchange.telus.com/owa/, I tried to reproduce it by opening the link from a Gmail pop-up notification. The link was opened in a new tab in the first instance as expected. Can you please retest the issue using the latest Firefox release 59.0.3, latest Nightly and report back the result? Consider using a new clean Firefox profile (https://goo.gl/AWo6h8) as well as safe mode (https://goo.gl/AR5o9d), to eliminate custom settings as a possible cause. Thank you.
Flags: needinfo?(allan.w.macdonald)
Marking this as Resolved - Incomplete due to the lack of response from the reporter. If anyone can still reproduce it on the latest versions, feel free to reopen the issue and provide more information.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE

I tried this and can't reproduce it anymore. Either the bug was fixed or the functionality changed enough that the bug is no longer relevant.

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