Firefox opens "target blank" links in new window

[Christoph Langner]

Binary package hint: firefox

It looks like Firefox initializes the behavior wrong, when it comes to open links with target="_blank". E.g. take a look at this example. Go to

http://www.mambo-foundation.org/

and open the forums via the big blue button. With a clean Firefox profile (e.g. after a "rm -rf ~/.mozilla") this link will open into a new window instead of a new tab. This link looks inside the source like that

--
<a href="http://forum.mambo-foundation.org" target="_blank">forum.mambo-foundation.org</a>
--

Even though the Firefox option, under

 Edit -> Preferences -> Tabs

is set to open links in a new tab, instead of a new window, it opens that link into a new window. Once, after you clicked again on "New pages should be opened in: *a new tab*" inside the FF options, target="_blank"-links will be opened correctly inside a new tab.

It looks like, that this option is initialized wrong, while creating a new Firefox profile. This Bug happens at least in Dapper and in Feisty.

[unggnu (unggnu)]

Yes, I can confirm this bug. This seems to be a Gnome Firefox specific bug since I haven't this issue with Firefox in Kubuntu (at least Dapper and Edgy).

[unggnu (unggnu)]

I am not sure about the Gnome part since it is very likely that I have used an old profile. I am going to check it with the Kubuntu Feisty Live-CD.

[unggnu (unggnu)]

It is not Gnome specific. The same problem appears on Kubuntu Live CD.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

this is a duplicate of bug 75758