Bug#645519: midori: fails to go back from new tab after following a target="_blank" link

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

 affects debian
 affects midori
 done
On dim., 2011-10-16 at 17:48 +0200, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote:
> Package: midori
> Version: 0.4.1-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi!
>
> I noticed another little flaw in Midori.
>
> When I middle-click on a (normal) link, the referenced URL is opened
> in a new tab. This is great and very useful.
> The new tab inherits the "browsing history" from the "parent" tab,
> in the sense that I can use the back button in the new tab and go back
> to the previously visited URLs. This is also very nice.
>
> When I click on a link with the target="_blank" property, the referenced
> URL is opened in a new tab, even when I use the left mouse button.
> As far as I know, this is mandated by W3C standards
> (see http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#h-6.16), so that's OK,
> even though I don't especially like web sites that force me to follow
> links in separate windows or tabs...
>
> The flaw I noticed is that, when I follow a target="_blank" link,
> the new tab fails to inherit the "browsing history" from the "parent"
> tab: as a consequence, I cannot use the back button in the new tab,
> in case I want to go back to the previously visited URLs.
>
> I hope this flaw can be fixed.
>
Forwarding upstream :)
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Yves-Alexis

[Yves-Alexis Perez (corsac)]

Adding Debian references.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

OP can you still confirm this issue with the latest Midori?

If so, can you post your Midori and Webkit versions?

[Yves-Alexis Perez (corsac)]

On mar., 2012-06-26 at 04:08 +0000, Daniel Fore wrote:
> OP can you still confirm this issue with the latest Midori?
>
> If so, can you post your Midori and Webkit versions?
>
> ** Changed in: midori
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
Can you try? (latest midori in Debian is not the latest upstream for waf
reasons, but it might give an idea).
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Yves-Alexis

[Sergio Durigan Junior (sergiodj)]

I confirm this bug on Midori 0.5.11-2 on Debian GNU/Linux.

As has been reported on <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645519#42>, when the link has target="_blank" and you click it with the middle mouse button (or with CTRL-<left mouse button>), the new tab correctly inherits the history of the old tab and you can go back to the page you were before. However, clicking the link with the left mouse button opens a new tab that doesn't inherit the history of the old tab.