552674 - When a gadget tries to open firefox to view a page, it takes 2 clicks to load and 2 tabs end up showing.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[buddaworks]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.3a3pre) Gecko/20100315 Minefield/3.7a3pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.3a3pre) Gecko/20100315 Minefield/3.7a3pre (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

This problem wasn't there in 3.5.. In 3.6 and 3.7 it takes two clicks on a link from a gadget to have firefox load and show.

When it does load on the second click, there are 2 tabs with the same page.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run a vista gadget using the 32 bit sidebar (Running 64 bit os)
2. Click on a url to open a browser window from the gadget itself
Actual Results:  
It takes two clicks to open the browser up. There are two tabs with the same page displayed.

Expected Results:  
One click should open the browser up. There should only be one tab displayed

Firefox 3.5 and lower are good.. Happened since 3.6 and 3.7 beta also has the same issue.

Comment 1

[buddaworks]

Looks like it doesn't do it on a shell.run command to open the url.

But a href your in for the double click.

I also have IE 8 installed and the gadget in question uses no flash.

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Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.