291127 - When you load a tightvnc page - Java - in a tabbed window that is the only tab that works.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 162134

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Gar Conklin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2

I loaded up bugzilla to report a bug :)  Then I forgot my password. So I opened
a new tabbed window. connected to my home pc through tightvnc. when I connected
it is fine. However when you tabb back to other tab the java screen comes
through and you are not in the tab you think you are in.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open cnn example
2.then open a new tabbed window.
3.connect to a full java applet. ie I connected to a tightvnc server applet
4. after login in to you vnc server wait to the screen comes up
5. switch to cnn tab
6. move you mouse over window.

Actual Results:  
previously tabbed window appears in current window

Comment 1

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

There is a known issue with Java and tabs on the Mac (also can apply to other
plugins). The Java Embedding Plugin is reported to help. see bug 162134 comment 168

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 162134 ***