396419 - left clicking link in thunderbird open new tab in firefox, but should open new firefox window, middle click should open new tab (suggestion)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 270434

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[lordmole]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20060601 Firefox/2.0.0.6 (Ubuntu-edgy)
Build Identifier: Firefox/2.0.0.6 (Ubuntu-edgy) && Thunderbird : version 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

When I middle click a link in Thunderbird nothing happens.
When I middle click a link in Firefox, it opens a new tab.
When I left click a link in Thunderbird, it opens a new tab.
When I left click a link in Firefox, it opens a new window, or whatever the link specified.

I suggest that these things are made to be the same in both programs. When I left click a link in Thunderbird, I want it to be opened in a new firefox window, if I middle click it, then it needs to be opened in a new tab.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get mail with link
2. Middle-click link
3. Left-click link

(steps two and three show the difference)
Actual Results:  
Middle-clicking doesn't create a new tab.

Left-clicking creates new tab while a new window is desired.

Expected Results:  
Middle-clicking should open a new tab.

Left-clicking should open a new window.

I'm not sure about the severity level... While it is not a very important bug, it does impede on working efficiently, and since there is no easy work around, I left that level on normal. So, don't be too annoyed when you think it should be something else, cause that's my reasoning.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

See bug 270434, bug 273058.