Closed Bug 307460 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

when location bar is hidden, and a target=_new link is clicked, it opens an invisible new tab

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Tabbed Browser
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 243893

People

(Reporter: bokelley, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

Correct behavior should to actually open a new window since we can't control the
tabs here (in fact, we have no idea that it is a new tab - looks to the user
like it just did a target=_self). Very confusing, and telling users "just hit
control-F4" isn't really scalable.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a pop window, hide everything
2. Click a link with target=_new
3. Try to figure out what happened

Actual Results:  
(see above)

Expected Results:  
(see above)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 243893 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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