Closed Bug 473541 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Opening a link from the Bookmarks Menu in a new tab makes the browser to immediately switch to it, despite this option being unchecked

Categories

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Bookmarks & History
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 469456

People

(Reporter: axpet, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 Even if the option "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" is unchecked, the browser still switches to the new tab if this is opened by a link from the Bookmarks Menu. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Mozilla Firefox and go to Tools->Options...->Tabs and uncheck the option "When I open a link in a new tab, swicth to it immediately". 2. Go to View->Sidebar and check Bookmarks. 3. Expand the Bookmarks Menu, right click on a link, and select "Open in a New Tab" (If you don't have any links in the Bookmarks Menu add one such as Google). Actual Results: The browser switched to the newly opened tab. Expected Results: The browser should have opened the new tab while remaining focused on the current tab.
Type about:config in your locationbar and press enter, then double-click on browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground Does this solve your problem?
If you think both options should be controlled by the same preference, this bug is a duplicate of Bug 469456. See also Bug 295098.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
(In reply to comment #1) > Type about:config in your locationbar and press enter, then double-click on > browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground > Does this solve your problem? Thank you and yes, it solves the problem. However I don't think that the regular user should be asked to get his/hers fingers dirty with such advanced settings, not to mention the fact that the regular user has little way of knowing that those settings even exist.
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