599187 - Operation of search bar changes if I press ENTER key or the button

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 513180

(Firefox :: Search, defect)

Description

[Möbius]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; es-AR; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; es-AR; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

browser.search.openintab: true
If I press ENTER key, the search result opens in a new tab.
If I press the button, the search resut opens in the active tab

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Configure browser.search.openintab: true in about:config (restart)
2. Write in the search bar
3. Press the button to search
Actual Results:  
Open the result in the same tab (active tab)

Expected Results:  
Open the result in a new tab

if instead of pressing the button, press the enter key, everything works fine

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

Thanks for the report. The issue is already tracked with bug 513180.