285190 - Shift-click on "Open in Tabs" should open the bookmark folder in a new window

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

Description

[Joe M]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050304 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050304 Firefox/1.0.1

Bookmark folders have an "Open in Tabs" option. When clicked, it loads each
bookmark of the bookmark folder into the existing window. To be consistent with
behaviors of other bookmarks, it should open each bookmark of the bookmark
folder into a new window if shift clicked.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a bookmark folder
2. Hold shift and click "Open in Tabs"
3.

Actual Results:  
Bookmark folder menu disappeared with no other effect

Expected Results:  
New window opens with a tab for each bookmark in the bookmark folder.

Comment 1

[ms]

I'd very much like to open in tabs in a new window, perhaps by default based on
a preference like (or next to) the one for opening received URLs in a new
window.  But shift-clicking seems like a good solution too -- shift clicking
links to get new windows makes me very happy.

Comment 2

[u63580]

This is WFM in Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4)
Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4.  Does it now work on Linux?

Comment 3

[George Jenkins]

I was not able to duplicate this problem using the daily build on Windows XP. I was not able to duplicate this problem running the daily build on SuSe 10.0. I was not able to duplicate this problem using the daily build on Mac OS 10.3.

Comment 4

[Raphael Segun Awoseyin]

I was able to replicate this bug using Firefox on a Win XP Pro (Service Pack 2) system. Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060124 Firefox/1.5.0.1

This function also alters the users’ current web location. This may seem like a minor bug. However the loss of the current page displayed is not expected. A user could be filling out a critical online form and make the mistake of using this function ‘causing the loss of data.  Indeed, it is expected that holding shift while clicking ‘open in tabs’ should open the tabs in a new window and not alter the user’s current location. Similarly, holding shift and selecting a link opens the link in a different tab without altering the current one. 

Comment 5

[Cem Kaner]

I have seen this bug in various builds of 1.5 and 1.8, but it does not replicate in Deer Park (1.6a1). In Deer Park, when I shift-click on Open in Tabs, with 20 bookmarks in the menu, it opens 20 tabs.

Comment 6

[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

Comment 7

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Fixed in Firefox 3.