478877 - new tabs get focus even if unchecked the 'Prefs -> Tabs -> "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" ' setting

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 263553

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[seekforfailure]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009011912 Firefox/3.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009011912 Firefox/3.0.6

Seems the setting "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" doesn't work at all. Even if I leave it unchecked, new tab still gets focus when I open a link in it.
Btw, "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" setting in "about:config" works. I think check/uncheck "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" should change the value of "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground", right?

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

This works for me as expected. Maybe there is a conflict with an add-on? Please try to reproduce the problem in safe mode ( http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode ) with the add-ons disabled.

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

browser.tabs.loadInBackground

Comment 3

[seekforfailure]

Thanks for quick replies.
I tried the safe mode, but still the setting "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" doesn't work.
Thanks to Ria, I noticed this setting is browser.tabs.loadInBackground entry in about:config.

But I still think the 2 entries: 1. browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground 2. browser.tabs.loadInBackground , there are conflicts between them. And according to my testing, the first entry overrides the second one.

Comment 4

[Kevin Brosnan]

loadDivertedInBackground does exactly what the pref says. You want bug 263553 fixed.