153018 - Focus should not automatically change to 1st tab in tab group.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 152625

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Jason Bassford]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020618
BuildID:    2002061808

If tabs are to continue to be added to the end of the current tabs (as they
currently are) then changing tab focus to the 1st tab in the group should be
based on the already existing tabbed browsing preference "Load links in the
background".

If I'm used to opening new tabs in the background, I also want to open new tab
groups "in the background".  Having a newly opened link get focus (when I
haven't browsed that way up until now) is very disconcerting.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a tab group.


Actual Results:  1st tab in tab group gets focus despite "Load links in the
background" preference setting.

Expected Results:  Tab group's 1st tab focus state should honour "Load links in
the background" preference setting, and only gain focus if the preference is not
checked.

Comment 1

[djk]

Hey, at least we agree on something, Jason; see the probable duplicate bug 152625.

Comment 2

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 152625 ***

Comment 3

[Claudius Gayle]

VERIFIED Dupe