375690 - cannot open website from dropdown addressbar in new tab

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 295498

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Joe]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

For the bookmarks and the link buttons, I can open websites in a new tab by clicking on them with my middle mouse button. It would be a lot more convenient and consistent if I could do the same with the addresses from the drop-down addressbar so I can open a website from the drop-down list without leaving my current page.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click on an address in the drop-down address bar with the middle mouse button.
Actual Results:  
Website opens in current tab over a website I don't want to leave.

Expected Results:  
Website should open in a new tab.