599146 - browser.link.open_newwindow = 1 + window.open() + ctrl+click must open in new tab

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 151142

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Frédéric Hewitt]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b6) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b6) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b6

When browser.link.open_newwindow is set to 1, I can't open a link in a new tab with ctrl+click if the link try to open in a new tab with window.open().

The bug does not happen in these cases:
* target="_blank"
* middle click
* right click + "open in new tab"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set browser.link.open_newwindow = 1
2. Find a page with a window.open() on a link (with no display settings)
3. ctrl+click on the link
Actual Results:  
The link open in the same tab

Expected Results:  
The link must open in a new tab

Happen also with Firefox 3.6.10

Comment 1

[Frédéric Hewitt]

I've added a test case page.

Comment 2

[Tim (fmdeveloper)]

Reporter -> Are you still experiencing this issue with the latest version of Firefox 5?

Comment 3

[Frédéric Hewitt]

I actually use Firefox 6 Beta, and the problem still occur. ctrl+click open the third link in the same tab on the test page.

I can test Firefox 5 tomorrow at the job.

Comment 4

[[:Aleksej]]

Not sure "browser.link.open_newwindow = 1" is relevant here.