278728 - middle-clicking links that open with javascript does not work

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 138198

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Aaron Slunt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050113 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050113 Firefox/1.0+

<a onclick="window.open('http://mozilla.org'); return false;"
href="">middle-click me</a>

There's an example. If you click on the link normally, it'll open a new window
going to mozilla.org. However, if you middle-click it, it just opens a new tab
that stays on the same page.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Follow the testcase instructions.
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Expected Results:  
New tab should open going to mozilla.org

Comment 1

[Aaron Slunt]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 2

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

This is a dupe of bug 138198

Comment 3

[Aaron Slunt]

Wow, that's an old bug, but I've never had this problem before (especially with
hotmail)...

Closing...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138198 ***