Closed Bug 429740 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

non-standard "open in new tab" settings vary between ctl-click, alt-click, ctl-enter, alt-enter. should be standardized

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

x86
Windows Vista
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 237027

People

(Reporter: bj02455+bugzilla, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008032620 Firefox/3.0b5

The handling for opening items in new tabs is very confusing, and should be standardized. I'm sure there are more, but offhand:
Ctl-click a link (or bkmk) opens in bknd tab; alt-click saves as. 
However, alt-enter for search/titlebar opens in new tab, while ctl-enter does nothing.
Ctl-drag for tabs duplicates.
And, of course, ctl-t opens a new tab.
Most extensions also use ctl-click for various settings to open in a new tab.

I propose that ctl-enter become open in new tab, and alt-enter be sidelined (or perhaps give one open-tab-foreground, one open-tab-bknd), for greater ease of use. I honestly can't figure out why it's set up the way it is; it seems to be nothing more than a coding anachronism based on coding different parts of the browser separately without consideration of UI standards. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type text in search box
2. Press control enter
Actual Results:  
Search results in current tab

Expected Results:  
Search results in new tab
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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