211414 - Problem with <open in a new tab> in windows with no toolbar

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 143866

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[mgueury]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

When opening a windows with a javascript command:

> open('http://www.google.com','bug','..toolbar=no'); 

A window is opened with no toolbar. It becomes the current window:
Now if :
- you open a link a new tab with 'open in a new tab'. You loose the original 
  page and are not able to come back. Because the tab list is accessible
  nowhere.
- worst, if do 'open in a new tab' from the mail. The last browser window is 
  opened and you can loose your previous page.

In my work, it is very disturbing. Because I loose sometimes my work because 
of this.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the testcase
2. Press on bad -> new windows go to google
3. Right click on the link 'Advertise with Us' and choose 'open a new tab'
4. Try to come back to the original tab with www.google.com -> it is impossible

Actual Results:  
It is impossible to come back to the original tab.

Expected Results:  
There are several possibilities
- the option should be disabled
- the tab list should be accessible (as tabs or in a menu)
- a new window should be opened in such a case if the current window has 
  toolbar=no and do not accept tab.
  

Thanks by advance

Comment 1

[mgueury]

Attachment: testcase

testcase

Comment 2

[Johan Buret]

Well I tested on MS Windows 98 (same Mozilla release)

> It is impossible to come back to the original tab.
Actually it is possible.
If you close (Ctrl+W) the offending tab, the previous one reappears. But that's
still an issue.

Comment 3

[timeless]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143866 ***