Closed
Bug 90453
Opened 24 years ago
Closed 24 years ago
browser reused an open window
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: amir, Assigned: mpt)
Details
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.6 i686; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010620
BuildID: 20010620
Some pages tell the browser to open a new window for their links. Others don't.
One example is clicking on a link in a mail message.
The browser tends to load the page into an existing window: I WAS USING THAT!
It's really annoying.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. View an email with a textual url that mozilla recognizes as a link.
2. Have at least one browser window open.
3. Click on the link
Actual Results: The open browser window loaded the url I clicked on. The site I
was viewing has switched.
Expected Results: Open a new browser window.
I tried to look for this bug, or maybe a 'reuse windows' option, but couldn't
find either.
Whiteboard: DUPEME
Comment 1•24 years ago
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you're right!
anyway you should change severity to enhancement
Reporter | ||
Comment 3•24 years ago
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How is it a duplicate? That one is about a double click ON a message, while I'm
talking about click on a LINK INSIDE a message, which is only an example. Any
link which opens a page in a browser window which isn't the current window
shouldn't use an existing window to do this. That's the bug.
Comment 4•24 years ago
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This isn't a dup of 28239, since that's talking about opening mail windows, not
policy on how browser urls should be handled.
Personally, I hate it when new windows open that I didn't ask for. You can
always ask for a new window, by middle-clicking on the link (assuming you have a
middle mouse button) or by right-clicking and selecting "Open in new window". I
think there's yet another way, ctrl-leftclick or something like that. Please
don't make popping up new windows mandatory.
Whiteboard: DUPEME
Comment 5•24 years ago
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ok therefore i just asked ;c)
Comment 6•24 years ago
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probably it wouldn't be bad to integrate a new feature to change the open in
new window behavior like being able to change if mozilla always opens such
things in currently open windows or if mozilla is going to open a new one and
leaving the old ones untouched.
- changing severity from normal to enhancement
- confirming bug
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Reporter | ||
Comment 7•24 years ago
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I agree with Akkana, I actually feel pretty stupid not knowing about the middle
button thing. Personally, I'm set with that, and nothing else needs to be done.
If you feel a permanent behavior setting should be made possible, that's up to
you, of course.
Assignee | ||
Comment 8•24 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75138 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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