Closed
Bug 204640
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
middle click does not open the link in a new tab (on Mac)
Categories
(Firefox :: General, defect, P2)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 159986
Firefox1.0beta
People
(Reporter: mitch, Assigned: bugs)
References
Details
(Keywords: platform-parity)
Attachments
(2 files)
133.68 KB,
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030505 Mozilla Firebird/0.6 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030505 Mozilla Firebird/0.6 When using a three button mouse to middle click, or holding down command and clicking a link, it should open it in a new tab, and it doesn't. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Phoenix. 2. Visit your favorite news site, or any site with links. 3. Hold cmd and click, or with a three button mouse middle click. Actual Results: Nothing happens. Expected Results: Open the link in a new tab (or window - perhaps a preference?).
Comment 1•21 years ago
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confirming 20030506 cmd click doesn't do anything (link doesn't open in current window, new window *or* new tab)
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Comment 2•21 years ago
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*** Bug 205449 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3•21 years ago
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fix/workaround given in thread on mozillazine. http://www.mozillazine.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88058#88058 I quote: "The fix would change the shorcut in Windows and Linux also. Basically in the function handleLinkClick, change the line: if (event.ctrlKey) { to if (event.metaKey) { This would change the way the shortcut worked in Windows and Linux. I think the meta key in Windows is the Windows key."
Here is the actual patch to browser.js that will change the shortcut to Command-Click. Note: A method needs to be developed to isolate this change only to the Mac, since the current patch will change the open in tab shortcut to Meta-Click on Windows and Linux.
Here is the actual patch to browser.js that will change the shortcut to Command-Click. Note: A method needs to be developed to isolate this change only to the Mac, since the current patch will change the open in tab shortcut to Meta-Click on Windows and Linux.
I tested Manung's patch. Command-click on link worked fine on Mozilla Firebird(2003-05-28-08-trunk and 2003-06-01-08-trunk). I did not test middle click of 3-button mouse, because I do not have 3-button mouse(or wheel mouse). But, on MacOSX, there are two bugs related to middle button clicking. One is bug 151249. Another is bug 159986. According to Bugzilla-jp, both Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird do not respond middle click of mouse. http://bugzilla.mozilla.gr.jp/show_bug.cgi?id=3198
Comment 7•21 years ago
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*** Bug 211821 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10•21 years ago
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I fixed the cmd+click in numerous places. Renaming this bug to just talk about middle+click.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Summary: middle click / cmd-click does not open the link in a new tab → middle click does not open the link in a new tab
Target Milestone: --- → Firebird0.8
Comment 11•21 years ago
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*** Bug 216368 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•21 years ago
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Summary: middle click does not open the link in a new tab → middle click does not open the link in a new tab (on Mac)
Updated•21 years ago
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QA Contact: asa
Comment 12•21 years ago
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*** Bug 221343 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13•21 years ago
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*** Bug 222282 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14•21 years ago
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*** Bug 223590 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•21 years ago
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Summary: middle click does not open the link in a new tab (on Mac) → middle click (command click) does not open the link in a new tab (on Mac)
Comment 15•21 years ago
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my bad. command click is working.
Summary: middle click (command click) does not open the link in a new tab (on Mac) → middle click does not open the link in a new tab (on Mac)
Comment 16•21 years ago
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*** Bug 224458 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 17•21 years ago
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Is there a chance this gets fixed? Tabbed browsing without middleClick is only half the fun.
Comment 18•21 years ago
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Ben, can you field this one? /be
Assignee: hyatt → bugs
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Updated•21 years ago
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Flags: blocking0.8?
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Comment 19•21 years ago
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Manung, can you post an actual patch (showing what you've changed, rather than just the file?
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Comment 20•21 years ago
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Ben, AFAIK, Manung's patch does not fix the middle-click bug, only the command click bug. This Bug used to refer to both bugs, but the command-click bug was fixed and this bug was made more specifc.
Comment 23•21 years ago
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It should also be noted that middle-click or command-click will not close tabs either.
Comment 24•20 years ago
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Given that this has been narrowed down to just the middle-click behavior on Mac OS X, shouldn't this be marked as a dup of bug 159986 (which depends on 151249, which in turn depends on 106692)? Otherwise, discussions and votes will be scattered. Alternately, this bug could be renamed to deal with the Command-Click behavior that it fixed, and then Closed/Fixed.
Comment 25•20 years ago
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could this be related to bug 220124 even though it's a different OS?
Comment 26•20 years ago
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(In reply to comment #24) > Given that this has been narrowed down to just the middle-click behavior on Mac > OS X, shouldn't this be marked as a dup of bug 159986 (which depends on 151249, > which in turn depends on 106692)? Otherwise, discussions and votes will be > scattered. Yes. The problem by "command+click" which was not able to carry out tab browsing is already fixed with the OSX version Firefox. I think that this problem is duplication of bug 159986.
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Updated•20 years ago
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Priority: -- → P2
Target Milestone: Firefox0.9 → Firefox1.0beta
Comment 27•20 years ago
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Not having middle click is the primary reason I don't use firefox (or mozilla) in mac os (my primary os). the safari middle click may be buggy, but at least it works. i don't see why this is moved back to 1.0, as it is really annoying.
Comment 28•20 years ago
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> Not having middle click is the primary reason I don't use firefox (or mozilla) >in mac os (my primary os). the safari middle click may be buggy, but at least it > works. i don't see why this is moved back to 1.0, as > it is really annoying. Although I agree that this bug should be fixed, USB overdrive can help you here. Just map the middle button to Cmd+Click.
Comment 29•20 years ago
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"USB overdrive" is a shareware program. I am not purchasing outside software just to use a web browser, no matter how much I may enjoy using said browser. Also, using USB overdrive screws up default settings for other programs in osx. I am not going to spend all day configuring outside software for all my programs, when all I wanted to do is middle click in my web browser.
Comment 30•20 years ago
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This bug is the main reason why I haven't migrated to Firefox.
Comment 31•20 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 159986 ***
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 32•19 years ago
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i have some problems to use the patch...how can i install it?help please
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