564340 - javascript popup windows are forced to open in new tabs instead of separate windows

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Meg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

a href="javascript:void(open('URL','windowname','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no,width=800,height=800'))"

links open in new tabs instead of new windows as intended.  


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to the specified url (or any url that has the same (or similar) JavaScript open() popup command
2.try to open popup
3.watch it open in a new tab, not in a separate window
Actual Results:  
it opens in a new tab, not a new window

Expected Results:  
that a new popup window opens

my husband is on the same version of firefox and doesn't have this problem, but i cant seem to fix it on my system.

im using the foxdie theme, and have been fore a long time.  i was using it when i updated firefox, and i didn't have a problem.  then about a week ago this started.  i didn't change any settings or themes or add ons

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Please go to about:config and reset the value of the pref browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction