Firefox opens new window instead of new tab

[Dean Moreton]

Binary package hint: firefox

Using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (Ubuntu-feisty)

Seems there is a bug within preferences -> tabs -> New pages should be opened in:

Mine was set to "a new tab" (by default from memory?) however I was slowly going crazy wondering why new windows would often be opened instead of a new tab when following links. Forum search showed others experiencing this, along with the workaround for the preferences glitch: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=404993

Setting it to open in a new Window, then back to New Tab will the correctly set the about:config parameter "browser.link.open_newwindow" to 3
Another user reported that simply reclicking the already selected option of New Tab will also have the desired effect.

[VLK (valentyn)]

Same thing!
The bug was already in Edgy and still present in Feisty! Thats why Im not using Firefox.
I cant understand that guys!!! The Firefox is the default "core" browser in Ubuntu and it has such stupid bug across the versions!

[Freddy Martinez (freddymartinez9)]

Has this been upstream? I seem to remember seeing that. Ideas team?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

this is fixed in latest gutsy ubufox/firefox combo.