355987 - content does not open a new tab

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Worcester12345]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061008 BonEcho/2.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061008 BonEcho/2.0

I was fully expecting 2.0 to open new content in a new tab since that is what I have selected under the options menu. It does not.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear
2. Open the link "THE WEEK IN PHOTOS" on lower left with a single left click.
3. See where it opens.

Actual Results:  
It opens a new window.

Expected Results:  
It should open a new tab in current window.

Tools:Options:Tabs has "New pages should be opened in a new tab." checked off.

Comment 1

[Ryan Flint [:rflint] (ping via IRC for reviews)]

Windows opening with explicitly set sizes will never open in new tabs. You'll see this explained in the help topic for that option:

"Note: If you have chosen to open pages in new tabs, Firefox will ignore this option and will open a new window from a link if the page author specified that the new window should have a specific size, because some pages can only be displayed correctly at a specific size."

Comment 2

[Worcester12345]

If I go ahead and open it in a new window, and then go to my already open window and use the "Duplicate Tab" extension, I can then use "Merge Windows" to accomplish this feat. Therefore, it seems doable to me, and this bug should be reopened.