576864 - Middle click not always opens a new tab in Facebook (right click menu option works correct)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek [:mgol]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100628 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.6

Usually middle-clicking on links, photos etc. on Facebook doesn't open a new tab with linked content - it does nothing. However, right-clicking and selecting "open in new tab" works correctly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Log in to Facebook
2. Middle click on any link, photo etc.
Actual Results:  
Nothing happens

Expected Results:  
The linked content should open on a new tab.

Comment 1

[Nordware]

I can confirm this.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Do you see this with current version 6 or 7, started in safe mode?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode

Comment 3

[Nordware]

I use Facebook daily and this bug disappeared 6 months or so ago. It never occurred again, at least for me (always using the latest stable/beta/aurora release).

It think it might have been a bug in the way how Facebook handles clicks, but i never thought of counter-testing it with IE or Opera.

Does anyone still experience this bug? If so, which version of Firefox do you use? Have you installed ANY userscripts (Greasemonkey) for Facebook and/or all pages?

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

WFM per comment 3

Comment 5

[Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek [:mgol]]

It seems it's no longer a problem, indeed.