590993 - If using a web app for application handling (eg mailto) in app tab, open in new tab

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect, P2)

Description

[Paul O'Shannessy [:zpao] (not bugmail, email directly)]

Instead of opening in the same tab, they should open in a new tab at least for app tabs. It probably doesn't make sense to do it for all tabs, but maybe it does.

Comment 1

[Wyatt Childers]

Do you mean they should open in an app tab if one is already open?

Comment 2

[David Vo [:auscompgeek]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Do you mean they should open in an app tab if one is already open?

Basically, he meant instead of trying to open it in the App Tab, open it in a new regular (i.e. non-App Tab) tab.

Comment 3

[Matt Giuca]

This seems to be a (valid) extension of bug 575561. Apparently, the issue of clicking links to external sites from an app tab has been fixed -- they now open a new tab. But from what I can tell, application handling does not respect this rule, instead overwriting the existing app tab.

+1

Comment 4

[jscher2000]

This is an annoyance with mailto links per a thread on SUMO today: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1396931

Comment 5

[Fred Chasen [:fchasen]]

Attachment: Bug 590993 - Use new tab to load web handlers when in a pinned app tab r?gijs

Unsets the browsing context for Mailto schemes in WebHandlerApp when launchWithURI is called in a pinned tab. This will force the mail handler to load in a new tab instead of unloading the current pinned site.

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7f257a43b1b3
Use new tab to load web handlers when in a pinned app tab r=Gijs

Comment 7

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7f257a43b1b3