1857466 - Accel+click should behave like middle-clicking, i.e. circumvent onclick handlers and open links in a new tab instead

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Calin Tanase]

From github: https://github.com/webcompat/web-bugs/issues/127735.

<!-- @browser: Firefox 118.0 -->
<!-- @ua_header: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/118.0 -->
<!-- @reported_with: unknown -->

URL: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/kyrkoarkiv?Arkivsok=l%c3%b6ns%c3%a5s&Lan=0&lf=Ladda+arkiv&PageSize=100&Arkiv=SE%2fVALA%2f00238&tab=serie#tab

Browser / Version: Firefox 118.0
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.15
Tested Another Browser: Yes Opera

Problem type: Something else
Description: When i press "bild" it opens up in a new window, though I clicked in "open links in tabs instead of new windows", It doesn't work with holding down cmd either. There's no issues in Safari or Opera.
Steps to Reproduce:
When i press the link "bild" to the right, it opens up in a new window, though I clicked in "open links in tabs instead of new windows", It doesn't work with holding down cmd either. There's no issues in Safari or Opera on Catalina wich I'm running this Macbook on.

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Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Since nightly and release are affected, beta will likely be affected too.
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Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:dao, could you have a look please?

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Comment 3

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

The "Open links in tabs instead of new windows" setting seems to be a bit of distraction here. That setting is for normal links, but in the example given there's an onclick handler that opens a popup.

I do think there's an issue in that from a user's perspective, accel+click should probably behave like middle-clicking, i.e. circumvent the onclick handler and open the link in a new tab instead.