219457 - Restrict browser to use only tabs or only windows

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 105547

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Description

[WMohrden]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030916 Firebird/0.6.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030916 Firebird/0.6.1+

When you click on a link that is set to open a new window, it will always be a
new window, rather than be a new tab. I would like to see an option that such
links will open a new tab, not a window, or vice versa. Same goes for popup
windows etc. Also, it would be nice if you had an option that links set to open
a new window are opened in the same window, since I prefer to be in control of
that myself.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

>Also, it would be nice if you had an option that links set to open
a new window are opened in the same window, since I prefer to be in control of
that myself.

You already have that option.
Go to about:config and set browser.block.target_new_window to true.

Probably a wontfix, since I believe the TabBrowser extension already does the
rest of what you're looking for.

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

>When you click on a link that is set to open a new window, it will always be a
>new window, rather than be a new tab. I would like to see an option that such
>links will open a new tab, not a window, or vice versa. Same goes for popup
>windows etc.

Bug 105547.

> Also, it would be nice if you had an option that links set to open
> a new window are opened in the same window, since I prefer to be in control of
> that myself.

Bug 78037.

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

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

sorry for bugspam, long-overdue mass reassign of ancient QA contact bugs,
filter on "beltznerLovesGoats" to get rid of this mass change