269339 - bookmark or history not opening in new tab

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 270117

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Ronald]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

hi! 
under "Tools > Options > Advanced > Tabbed Browsing", i have enabled "Select new
tabs opened from bookmarks or history".
however when i select a bookmark or a link from the history column, the webpage
is displayed in the existing tab that is already opened, rather than in a new tab.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open a webpage in a tab
2. click on a bookmark from the bookmark toolbar or sidebar. 
3. alternatively, click on a link in the history section on the sidebar.

Actual Results:  
the new webpage is displayed in the existing tab, replacing the webpage that was
previously there.

Expected Results:  
i'm assuming that selecting the option to have "new tabs opened from bookmarks
or history" would open webpages clicked from the bookmarks or history section in
a new tab.

am using the "708090" theme, but did revert back to "default" theme to make
sure. both displayed same issue.

Comment 1

[Stasys Adiklis]

This nonsense annoys me too.

Someone forgot to add "Open bookmarks and history in new tabs" option in the
first place.

Comment 2

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

if you middle- (or control-) click the bookmark, it will open in a new tab,
selected. Opening in a new tab after left-clicking is wontfix.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 270117 ***

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Just to clarify, the option in the advanced dialog is about whether the tabs you
open (via ctrl+click or middleclick) get selected (brought to the front) or not.