521540 - Switching to new tab even with box not checked

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[enti342]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3

I have looked at my Options in the Tools menu and I do NOT have the "when I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" box checked off, but EVERY time I open a new tab, it immediately switches to it. This only started happening a few days ago, when I upgraded MozillaFirefox. I do NOT want it to switch. What should I do to fix this? 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new tab
2. Toggle the option "switch to new tab when opening a new tab"

Actual Results:  
Switches to new tab 

Expected Results:  
With box not checked, was not expecting to be switched to new tab

Happens in version 3.5.3 and 3.0.14

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

How do you open the link in a new tab? Middle click, right click menu and is this about links in a page?
Also, try the following troubleshooting options:

- Firefox's safe-mode to exclude extension/theme problems
- a new profile
- a reinstallation in a new empty folder

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#Make_a_new_profile

Comment 2

[aravindm]

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2) Gecko/20100316 Firefox/3.6.2

Reporter, Please update if you are able to reproduce in safe mode / new profile.