2048448 - Address & search bar results/suggestions are switched to immediately when middle clicking them with the option "When opening links in a new tab, switch to it immediately" disabled

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Address Bar, enhancement, P3)

Description

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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:152.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/152.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Disable the "When opening links or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately" setting in the settings section.

2. Type any text into the address bar or search bar (if added to the toolbar).

3. Middle click any result from the address or search bar's dropdown list of results.

Actual results:

The result opens in a new tab that is switched to immediately.

Expected results:

The link should open in a new tab in the background (this is the behavior almost everywhere else in Firefox when middle-clicking with "When opening links or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately" disabled).

Comment 1

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

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.