New windows (links) should be open in the background

[schiebe]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I think this behavior is not very useful for the (or my) `desktop work flow`.

What i exactly mean: ;)

You got some new emails with links to different websites. Normally (6.06) i press all this links, and firefox open this links in new tabs- without losing the focus on evolution.

Now, on 8.04 RC every time i open a new link, the focus get on firefox, so i have to switch always back to evolution to open the next web-page.

Regards

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 20 09:28:52 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Yleeyas (yleeyas)]

Same thing was happening to me with Thuderbird links opening FF3.0.1 tabs, and FF stealing focus.
A solution which worked for me is to go into FF about:config and set preference: 'browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground' to 'true'.

Does this help?