macOS: Cmd+Enter in address bar no longer opens URL/search in new tab
Categories
(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)
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(Reporter: janmoesen_=-bugzilla-=+spamtrap, Unassigned, NeedInfo)
References
(Regression)
Details
(Keywords: regression)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:137.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/137.0
Steps to reproduce:
Bug 1945422 changed the behaviour of Cmd+Enter on macOS. When pressing Cmd+Enter in the address bar, Firefox used to open the URL or search query in a new tab. Now it opens it in the current tab.
Option/Alt+Enter still works, but (warning: anecdata) I specifically untrained myself from using Option/Alt+Enter because of consistency: pressing Cmd while clicking a link with the mouse opens that link in a new tab. Pressing Option/Alt while clicking a link saves the linked page to disk, so it made sense to learn that “Cmd+something” == “new tab” while “Alt+something” == “save”. I’m guessing this is not enough of an argument for changing the behaviour back, though. Would be interesting to see data on using Cmd+Enter to “auto-www-dot-com” a string versus opening a URL in a new tab, if such data are available.
STR:
- Focus the address bar. The current URL is fine.
- Press Cmd+Enter.
Actual results:
→ URL gets loaded in current tab.
Expected results:
→ URL should open in a new tab.
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Updated•15 hours ago
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Comment 1•15 hours ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Address Bar' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Comment 2•15 hours ago
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:mak, since you are the author of the regressor, bug 1945422, could you take a look? Also, could you set the severity field?
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