756961 - middle click (paste on Linux) anywhere in about:newtab should open the pasted URL

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Wolfgang Rosenauer [:wolfiR]]

A (imho) popular usecase to open a new tab in Firefox on Linux is to have a URL selected in some window and paste it via middle click into the content area of the new tab.
Since about:newtab is mainly occupied by links to popular sites it is currently needed to make sure to paste it in the free area around the screenshots/links.
A middle mouse click on a screenshot opens the hovered site instead of pasting the URL to open the selection. I'd say it's more appropriate to open that only with left mouse click and keep pasting a selected URL with middle mouse click regardless of the mouse pointer position.

Comment 1

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

Mass-move to Firefox::New Tab Page.

Filter on new-tab-page-component.

Comment 2

[Jessilyn Davis]

Hello!

This bug has been closed due to inactivity and/or the potential for this bug to no longer be an issue with the new Discovery Stream-powered New Tab experience.

Please help us triage by reopening if this issue still persists and should be addressed.

Thanks!