Closed Bug 685061 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

shift+click should respect "open new windows in new tab instead" preference

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Tabbed Browser
Platform:
All
Windows 7
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: surkov, Unassigned)

Details

Having checked the "open new windows in new tab instead" option in Options dialog shift+click continues to open a link in new window. I think the option should be respected not depending on a way you used to open new windows. If chosen component wrong please move it to the right one.
This is all front-end stuff.
Component: Event Handling → Tabbed Browser
Product: Core → Firefox
QA Contact: events → tabbed.browser
Ctrl+Click means new tab, Shift+Click means new window. The "open new windows in a new tab instead" pref is for cases where Firefox would automatically open a new window, such as target="_blank" links.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Keywords: access
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
(In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #2) > Ctrl+Click means new tab, Ctrl+Click open a context menu > Shift+Click means new window. The "open new > windows in a new tab instead" pref is for cases where Firefox would > automatically open a new window, such as target="_blank" links. target="_blank" link open a new tab
(In reply to alexander surkov from comment #3) > (In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #2) > > Ctrl+Click means new tab, > > Ctrl+Click open a context menu I'm fine to have shift+click to open a window always if we have a way to open link in new tab. If we don't have it and shift+click is all we have then I lean towards that shift+click should respect that preference.
note: on mac command+click open link in new tab (while ctrl+click shows context menu) but I don't see anything similar on windows
(In reply to alexander surkov from comment #3) > (In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #2) > > Ctrl+Click means new tab, > > Ctrl+Click open a context menu Not on Windows, which you filed this bug for... > > Shift+Click means new window. The "open new > > windows in a new tab instead" pref is for cases where Firefox would > > automatically open a new window, such as target="_blank" links. > > target="_blank" link open a new tab That's what I said. If you disable "open new windows in a new tab instead", it opens in a new window.
(In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #6) > (In reply to alexander surkov from comment #3) > > (In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #2) > > > Ctrl+Click means new tab, > > > > Ctrl+Click open a context menu > > Not on Windows, which you filed this bug for... I can see this behavior on Windows. Is this is a bug?
It might be a consequence of using a mac keyboard, in case you're doing that.
(In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #8) > It might be a consequence of using a mac keyboard, in case you're doing that. right, I do that, windows is running as vm. So is this something that should be fixed?
Does it work as expected in IE?
(In reply to Dão Gottwald [:dao] from comment #10) > Does it work as expected in IE? IE shows context menu as well
It's not a mozilla bug then but a consequence of running Windows in a VM on Mac.
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