1466735 - Clicking on a link from another app should go to last-used Firefox window

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Gerald Squelart (he/him) (not at Mozilla since 2022-09-15)]

STR:
- Make sure Firefox is the default browser (in about:preferences, click on "Make Default..." if present).
- Open multiple windows.
- Pick a random window and use it to browse any website, remember which window you used last.
- Click on a URL link in another application (e.g., from an email in a mail app).

Expected:
The link should open in a new tab in the last-used window.

Actual:
The link opens in a semi-random window (not necessarily the last-used one).

It seems to be the same for later external URL clicks, though not forever, it may change later on. I don't know what the logic is, if any.
Moving the newly-opened tab to the preferred window doesn't help with later URL clicks.


In case that request seems strange:
I've got multiple screens with multiple windows, each window mainly intended for specific usages (e.g.: Bugzilla, chats, video, etc.). So when I get a Bugzilla email, I'd prefer to open the included link in the Firefox window that I use for Bugzilla.
It'd be great to have a way to do that, which for me would be most obviously done by making that Firefox window active before clicking on the link in the other app.

Comment 1

[Justin Dolske [:Dolske]]

What OS and Firefox version?

Comment 2

[Gerald Squelart (he/him) (not at Mozilla since 2022-09-15)]

Mac OS X 10.13.4
Last experienced with my current Firefox Nightly 62.0a1 (2018-06-05), but it's been going on for some time (can't remember when it started or if it's always been like that).

Comment 3

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

I believe this is fixed.

Comment 4

[Gerald Squelart (he/him) (not at Mozilla since 2022-09-15)]

Yep, works for me now, thank you! 👏