404522 - Middle-click "Open <feed_name>" in a bookmark toolbar feed folder does not open feed in a new tab (opens all items in tabs instead)

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 381434

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Andrés Delfino]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112003 Minefield/3.0b2pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007112003 Minefield/3.0b2pre

If one has feed X, which has several links (A, B, C), and then wants to see X site in a new tab, A, B and C are opened.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Bookmarks
2. Go to a feed with several links in it
3. Try to "Open <feed title>" in a new tab (middle click)
Actual Results:  
All links inside the feed are opened.

Expected Results:  
The feed itself should have been opened.

Comment 1

[Marco Zehe (:MarcoZ)]

When I right-click the feed itself, which is a folder with subitems, I get an "Open All in tabs" menu item as the only chance to open this feed. I believe this is as-designed.

Comment 2

[Andrés Delfino]

(In reply to comment #1)
> When I right-click the feed itself, which is a folder with subitems, I get an
> "Open All in tabs" menu item as the only chance to open this feed. I believe
> this is as-designed.
> 

Please note I'm talking about the "Open <feed title>" item, not the "Open All in Tabs" item. The "Open <feed title>" item only appears in the context menu of feeds.

Comment 3

[Kevin Brosnan]

So you want the behavior of middle clicking on the feed to change from opening all the feed items in tabs to opening the feed location?

Comment 4

[Andrés Delfino]

(In reply to comment #3)
> So you want the behavior of middle clicking on the feed to change from opening
> all the feed items in tabs to opening the feed location?
> 

No, I want that middle clicking the feed context menu item "Open <feed title>" to open the feed location in a new tab, since left clicking it opens the feed location in the current tab.

Comment 5

[Andrés Delfino]

Sorry "Open <feed title>" is not in the feed's context menu, it is inside the feed, below the feed items, near to "Open All in Tabs".

Comment 6

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

that's a valid concern, i'm expecting the same behaviour as comment #5

steps:
1. add a feed to the bookmarks toolbar
2. open the feed folder and middle click "Open <feed_title>"

expected
the feed is opened in a new tab

actual result:
all feed items open in tabs (same behaviour as left clicking Open All in Tabs

Comment 8

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Bug 451915 - move Firefox/Places bugs to Firefox/Bookmarks and History. Remove all bugspam from this move by filtering for the string "places-to-b-and-h".

In Thunderbird 3.0b, you do that as follows:
Tools | Message Filters
Make sure the correct account is selected. Click "New"
Conditions: Body   contains   places-to-b-and-h
Change the action to "Delete Message".
Select "Manually Run" from the dropdown at the top.
Click OK.

Select the filter in the list, make sure "Inbox" is selected at the bottom, and click "Run Now". This should delete all the bugspam. You can then delete the filter.

Gerv