547861 - CTRL-Click does not always result in "open in new tab" functionality

Status: NEW

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Brian Crowder]

It seems as though, for links that would automatically open in a new tab, holding down CTRL while clicking actually results in opening over the CURRENT tab, which is mind-numbingly frustrating.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

You mean control clicking on a TARGET="_blank" link?

Comment 2

[Brian Crowder]

No.  For example:  http://washingtonindependent.com/77231/an-open-letter-to-liz-cheney-on-torture if I go to that site, and click on the "there’s a full-page ad you’ll take out in a major newspaper" link near the bottom of the main article, clicking /without/ holding down the CTRL key will open a new tab, and clicking /while/ holding it down will replace the current tab.

Comment 3

[Brian Crowder]

Not all of the other links on the same page behave identically, however.  Some exhibit what I interpret to be correct behavior.

Comment 4

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.3a2pre) Gecko/20100222 Minefield/3.7a2pre

This appears to be WFM here, with the default settings of a new profile.

Comment 5

[Leon]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.3a3pre) Gecko/20100304 Minefield/3.7a3pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) ID:20100304040444

Holding Ctrl + Clicking a link will not do anything.
Clicking right click on the link and selecting "open in new tab" works OK.

Comment 6

[Carlo 'Carcarlo' Carmagnini]

I've found the same behaviour on other sites, for example http://www.repubblica.it/
The links on main column do open in the same tab even with CTRL+click, while middle mouse button works as expected.
I don't know if this bug is related to bug 151142

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3

Comment 7

[Carlo 'Carcarlo' Carmagnini]

I still can reproduce with Firefox 3
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101026 Firefox/3.6.12
and also with Firefox 4 b7
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b7) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b7

Comment 9

[Stefan]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 10

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Testcase still reproduces with Ctrl+Click but not with a middle click.