176027 - Would like to open links in a new window like is done in mozilla version1.0 and earlier.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Marcanthony Sanchez]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

ever since mozilla 1.1 and later a feature seems to have been lost. If I am
browsing the web and happen to click on a link in an email or on another page
instead of it opening in a seperate window it opens in the smae window which is
most annoying while I am chatting on line for the simple fact that it will
disconect my chat session. It is a draw back keeping me from using mozilla as my
primary browser.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open a mozilla window
2. view someones profile on yahoo or click on a link that is not iside ur
current window
3.

Actual Results:  
the current open browser opens what ever link is clicked on

Expected Results:  
opend the link in a new window.

Comment 1

[Wesha]

Have you tried holding Ctrl while (and a little afterwards) clicking on the link?

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This was done on purpose, iirc.

Comment 3

[Chris Lyon]

->WONTFIX

As per Boris' comments.

As a workaround, you can hold down ctrl.