Allow opening target=_blank in current tab
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(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)
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(Reporter: linus.kardell, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:97.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/97.0
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It would be great to override the annoying target=_blank, so you're not forced to open the links in a new tab. Although there is browser.link.open_newwindow, that setting is not usable as it also affects pages opened by an external application.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Tabbed Browser' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please revert this change in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Comment 2•4 years ago
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Could you please detail what exactly you want to achieve?
Maybe browser.urlbar.openintab meets your request, rather than browser.link.open_newwindow ?
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Comment 3•4 years ago
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Links should open in the current tab when left clicked, even if marked with target=_blank. browser.link.open_newwindow=1 does this, but also has the side effect of making some other pages open in current tab as well, such as pages opened in Firefox by an external application.
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Comment 4•3 years ago
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Seems I've missed your reply in due time.
target=_blank is basically the definition of opening in new tab, otherwise it would open in the same tab. I'm uncertain why would we want all links to open always in the same tab.
Eventually, we could count this as an improvement to the already existing browser.link.open_newwindow !? Although to be honest, I'm not sure about what the specs for the changes would be.
Seeting on new to see where this enh. goes.
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Comment 5•3 years ago
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Because usually that attribute is used to force opening a new tab for no reason.
At least I can get about the desired behavior with browser.link.open_newwindow=1 and browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external=3. That might be good enough.
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