1488703 - Middle click on 9gag gifs opens javascript:void(0) in a new tab

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 55696

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Cristian Fogel [:cfogel]]

[Affected versions]:
- all

[Affected platforms]:
- win10x64, macOS 10.13.4

[Steps to reproduce]:
1. Launch firefox;
2. navigate to https://9gag.com/gif
3. middle click on any gif from the list (gif not it's link/text)

[Expected result]:
- nothing happens (probably)

[Actual result]:
- new tab with javascript:void(0) is open

[Regression range]:
- not a regression

[Additional notes]:
- IE/chrome behavior is as described at expected result

Comment 1

[Andrew Overholt [:overholt]]

Olli, do you know why we're allowing the middle click and Chrome is not (that's the behaviour I see in Nightly on Windows 10, FWIW)?

Comment 3

[Thomas Wolff]

Expected behaviour is to get a new tab with the same contents as if the user had just left-clicked within the current tab.
Anything else is a violation of the principle of least astonishment, no matter what other browsers do.