251140 - If clicking a link to a file download opens a new window/tab, we should close that new window upon starting the download

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 241972

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Ali Ebrahim]

If clicking a link to a file download opens a new window/tab, we should close
that new window/tab upon starting the download, assuming that the new window/tab
has no actual content.

There are three cases (detailed here, but there are probably more) where this
occurs:

a) Left-clicking a link to a file where the target=_blank .
b) [Middle|Ctrl]-clicking a link to a file (new tab opens in addition to file
download).
c) Shift-clicking a link to a file (new window opens in addition to file download).

In all these cases, Firefox should detect that the window/tab has no content,
and close it upon starting the download. We should obviously not do this if the
spawned window has content which is *sometimes* the case.

This bug exhibits itself particularly on webmail sites (based on user reports).
IE seems to handle this well (in many, but not all cases), and closes the
spurious content-less window.

Seamonkey has a similar bug filed on this, bug 102380. But I think that we've
probably forked enough code on our end that it warrants a separate bug.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Dup of bug 241972.

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

owned. ;)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 241972 ***