Ubuntu
firefox package

searching on the web opens tab in firefox on some other worspace

Bug #43340 reported by Adriaan Peeters
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
deskbar-applet (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
firefox (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Mozilla Bugs

Bug Description

When searching on the web (for example wikipedia) the resulting page is opened in firefox. If firefox is already running, it opens a new tab in the currently running firefox window. If this window is on a different worspace, nothing seems to happen, there is no visual feedback. deskbar-applet should open a new firefox window in this case.

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Dean Sas (dsas) wrote :

This happens when you have a browser set to open in a new tab.

You also get the same behaviour when clicking on a link in your email for example.

I'd guess any problem lies with firefox rather than deskbar

Changed in mozilla-firefox:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Adriaan Peeters (apeeters) wrote :

Right, firefox should have a command line option to open a given url in a new window instead of a new tab.

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Dean Sas (dsas) wrote :

It does, try "firefox -new-window google.com". That's not the problem, if firefox is on the current workspace you may want it to open a new tab.

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Adriaan Peeters (apeeters) wrote :

Well, in that case it should open in a new tab AND make sure firefox is sent to the front.

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Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote :

a temporary solution would be to open a new window on the current workspace whatever happens.

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Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote :

Not concerning deskbar I guess.

Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu)
Changed in deskbar-applet:
assignee: nobody → mozilla-bugs
Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu)
Changed in firefox:
assignee: nobody → mozilla-bugs
Changed in deskbar-applet:
assignee: mozilla-bugs → nobody
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

That version is outdated

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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