401162 - javascript: links don't work when opened in a new tab

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 55696

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Gene Thomas]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8

When one shift-clicks on a link it behaves the same as copying the URL and pasting it into a new tab. For javascript: links breaks, the whole page needs to be copied to a new tab and then the link followed (javascript executed).

Sometimes shift-clicking a button with the same behaviour (copy the page then push the button) would be useful too.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. load http://www.rsnewzealand.com
2. shift-click the RS logo on the top-left (link is javascript:showHome())

Actual Results:  
the new tab is blank and titled "(Untitled)" 

Expected Results:  
the new tab should be the same as if the page http://www.rsnewzealand.com has been copied and then the logo clicked

The example above is a simple as I can get. The real problem is browsing this site's catalog where each item is a javascript: link so one can't shift-click and open a page for each item you are interested in