185849 - Should be a pref for the choice of tabs or windows by default

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 105547

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Calvin Spealman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

There should be an option in the preferences to prefer tabs instead of new
windows. So, for example, when anything happens that would normally open a new
window, it does it in a tab instead. You can also switch them, so that where a
tab would open a new window would. I use tabs all the time, and I hate having
more than one browser window open. However, when click a link sometimes it opens
in a new window and then i have to close that window and click again with ctrl
to use a tab.

Additionally, it would be nice to have some tab management options. How about
being able to move a tab left or right? Or, in the Window menu maybe an option
"Move to tab for Window..." which opens a sub menu of available menus to put
this page in as a tab.

Finally, is it possible to put the MailNews, ChatZilla, etc as tabs? This
coupled with more seperated and movable toolbars would create a very amazing
application.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Click a link that opens in a new window
Want it to open in a new tab instead
(remember, this is for links you dont know will open new windows, or javascript
opened windows)
Actual Results:  
it opens a window.

Expected Results:  
Should open a tab if you like those better.

Comment 1

[Sander]

One request per bug please, and search before filing bugs or requests - all of
these are dupes.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 105547 ***

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

v (very easy to find dupe)

Comment 3

[Calvin Spealman]

Apologize. I searched extensively and did not see the dupe.