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Bug 505821
Opened 15 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
"Open new windows in new tab" option has changed behaviour from previous versions
Categories
(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)
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UNCONFIRMED
People
(Reporter: pocallaghan, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090630 Fedora/3.5-1.fc11 Firefox/3.5 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090630 Fedora/3.5-1.fc11 Firefox/3.5 In previous versions of FF, I could click on a URL in other apps (e.g. my mail reader) and get a new window, but if I clicked from *within* a FF window I'd get a new tab. I liked this behaviour, but it seems to be impossible to get with FF 3.5. The option only allows new windows always, or new tabs always. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Click on a URL in mail reader 2. 3. Actual Results: With Preferences->Tabs->"Open new wondows in a new tab" is set, I get a new tab, but the main FF window is often on a different virtual desktop from the mail reader, forcing me to switch desktops to see it. Alternatively, with the option turned off, every URL click gets a new window, which is clumsy. Expected Results: Open the URL in a new window on the same desktop, but if I click on a URL inside a FF window, open it as a new tab. This is what previous versions of FF did and it seemed to me correct.
Updated•15 years ago
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Version: unspecified → 3.5 Branch
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Comment 1•15 years ago
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An alternative to adding yet more options to the Preferences dialog would be to have a command-line option "-new-window" (perhaps also "-new-tab" for completeness). Then the action to be taken from other apps -- which generally allow the user to specify a Shell command to execute on clicking on a URL -- could be set up individually for each app. Note that the existing "-no-remote" option is useless for this, at least under Linux (complains that FF is already running).
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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