582436 - New tab opens in the wrong window

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Julien Blanc]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8

I had two windows.
One window with one open tab.
The other window with a few tabs opened.

When I middle-clicked on a link in my Personal Bar in the first window, the tab would open in the other window (it was then reproducible indefinitely).

After a click in the Personal Bar of the second window, a tab opened there and then the bug would not be reproducible anymore.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open 2 windows
2. Middle-click in Personal Bar to open a new tab

Actual Results:  
The tab may open in the wrong window (the one you weren't touching)

Expected Results:  
Open the tab in the current window, the one I touched

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Can you please re-test in Safe Mode (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe Mode) or in a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles).

Comment 2

[Julien Blanc]

"Unfortunately", it is not reproducible that easily. I'm not sure why it happened. There must be other parameters to take in consideration, which I'm not sure of.

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Please try to reproduce that also considering the options in comment 1.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 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.