281917 - new window doesn't save back and forward history

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 36269

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[patrick middleburgh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803

while surfing the net, using mozilla or firefox, if i open a new wiondow, the
newly opened window, doesn't save the back (alt+left arrow) or forward
(alt+right arrow) history. ie a newly opened window cannot go back to a/the
previous page of the old (previous) window. the window always opens to the home
page of the user.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.click: file/
2.new/
3.navagator window/enter 

Actual Results:  
new window will appear, back/forward (alt+left/alt+right) icons will not work,
all previous history is lost in new window

Expected Results:  
new window should appear with back/forward history of previous window intact.

Comment 1

[Ben Fowler]

You are asking for a "Clone Window" operation.

See Bug 36269 "New window open should display current page not homepage"

Comment 2

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 36269 ***