471488 - Open in new tab cease to work sometimes

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Mac]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.21022)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.21022)

I have seen this problem on several PCs. After opening say more than 6-7 tabs and working for sometimes (once in a while), rightclick->open in new tab does not work anymore.

If I focus to another tab and close 1 or 2 tabs I can now successfully open the same link in a new tab. It seems something becomes unstable sometimes.

This happens from time to time and I am not sure how to reproduce it.

Mac



Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open 7-6 tabs
2. Try to open links in a new tab
3. Even if you retry the same right click and open in new tab command several times, nothing happens
4. Change focus to another tab and perhaps close one of them
5. Now open in new tab works for the exact same link

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Please try if you can reproduce this in safe-mode, to exclude problematic add-ons: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 2

[sile16]

I am experiencing something very similar:

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a web page with many links. (Google Search results)
2. Rapidly right mouse click "Open Link in New Tab" on the links.
3. After, between 2 and 10 links the bug occurs.

Bug Restults:

When the bug happens, a right mouse click on the link opens the "Save As" dialog, or the "Page Bookmarked" dialog, NO context menu is shown.

Expected results:
Display Right mouse click context menu.

The bug occurs when running in firefox -safe-mode as well.


Ubuntu 8.10
Firefox 3.0.6

Comment 3

[sile16]

Attachment: A right mouse click only brought up this "save as dialog"

Comment 4

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 3.5 version, or better, trunk nightly build?

Comment 5

[Mac]

Not yet, I do not remember encountering this specific bug yet.

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is a mass search for Firefox General bugs filed against version 3.0 that are UNCO and have not been changed for 200 days.

Reporter, please update to Firefox 3.6.10 or alter. Firefox 3.0 is no longer supported and is no longer receiving updates. After you update, please create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/kb/managing+profiles, and test to see if your bug still exists. If you still the bug, then please post a comment with the version you tested against, and the problem. If the issue is no longer there, please set the RESOLUTION to  RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply from reporter, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.