662825 - We need standardized modifier keys for new tab and downloading.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 237027

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Mr. Gecko]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

I get annoyed how when you hold down command and click a link, it opens a new tab and when you hold down command and push return on the address bar it just goes to the page in the current tab, while if you hold down option and click a link, it downloads the content of the link and if you hold down option and push return in the address bar, it will make a new tab. If you ask me, this is very confusing and not clean. Here is what everything should be.

Option: Downloads if you click on a link while holding down or push return in the address bar while holding down, regardless of the content (html, jpg, swf).
Command (control on windows): Makes a new tab with the link when you click a link while holding down, same thing for the address bar.

There we go, now it's clean and standardized.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
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Expected Results:  
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Comment 1

[Mr. Gecko]

I forgot to mention that this should also apply to bookmarks and history. When I'm in the history window, I don't want it to open in the current tab I'm in.

Comment 2

[Vlad [QA]]

In my opinion, this is more an enhancement than a bug. Please complete the Importance field accordingly and change the status of the bug.
Thx