Open Bug 420666 Opened 18 years ago Updated 3 years ago

When Firefox is already running, running firefox.exe again should respect the setting of browser.link.open_external

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Type:
defect

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People

(Reporter: mmortal03, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008030206 Minefield/3.0b4pre Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b4pre) Gecko/2008030206 Minefield/3.0b4pre When Firefox is already running, running firefox.exe again should respect browser.link.open_external. In other words, when browser.link.open_external is set to 3, (which is by default), running a new instance of firefox.exe should open itself in a new tab in the current window. When the setting is set to 2, Firefox should open in a new window. When the setting is set to 1, Firefox should replace the existing window's contents. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run firefox.exe 2. Run firefox.exe again Actual Results: Firefox opens another window. Expected Results: Firefox should respect the setting of browser.link.open_external.
Minor edit of the title.
Summary: When Firefox is already running, firefox.exe should respect the setting of browser.link.open_external → When Firefox is already running, running firefox.exe again should respect the setting of browser.link.open_external
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Severity: minor → S4
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