1476569 - Middle-click doesn't open the facebook chat in a new tab

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Events, defect, P3)

Description

[roxleitan]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0
Build ID:20180717220130

[Affected versions]:
Nightly 63.0a1, Firefox Release 61.0.1

[Affected platforms]:
Windows 10 x64, Mac OS

[Steps to reproduce]:
1.Launch Firefox with a new profile
2.Navigate to facebook.com and login
3.Go to the chat area 
4.Hover using the mouse over a contact and middle-click 

[Expected result]:
The chat should be opened in a new tab

[Actual result]:
The selected chat is opened in the same tab

Comment 1

[Andrew Overholt [:overholt]]

Does this work in other browsers?

Comment 2

[roxleitan]

It works fine in Chrome

Comment 3

[Andrew Overholt [:overholt]]

Hmm, I tried this and it works for me. I wonder if we were being served different content.

(I tried in yesterday's nightly on Windows 10)

Comment 4

[roxleitan]

The issue is reproducible also on Firefox Beta 62.0b9

Comment 5

[Edgar Chen [:edgar]]

(In reply to [e-mail] from comment #0)
> [Steps to reproduce]:
> 1.Launch Firefox with a new profile
> 2.Navigate to facebook.com and login
> 3.Go to the chat area 
> 4.Hover using the mouse over a contact and middle-click 

Does the contact here mean the left side in https://www.facebook.com/messages? I could reproduce this in https://www.facebook.com/messages, but middle-click the contact in top-right chat icon did open a new tab.

Comment 6

[roxleitan]

I'm in News feed page and the contact is on the right side(in chat list)

Comment 7

[Edgar Chen [:edgar]]

I could reproduce on Nightly and also Firefox 51. Looks like a long existing behavior. Mark as P3, please upgrade to P2 if you have a different opinion.