Opening links in new tabs instead of a new window

jhirshon · Post by **jhirshon** » May 19th, 2006, 4:47 pm

krmathis - takk!

Let's hope it's sooner rather than later...

cheers, JH

krmathis · Post by **krmathis** » May 20th, 2006, 9:18 am

jhirshon, and others. The SWM bug have just been fixed!

274143 - Fix "single-window mode" prefs

jhirshon. Guess thats soon enough? he he

jhirshon · Post by **jhirshon** » May 20th, 2006, 6:46 pm

Wow - ask and ye shall receive!!!

takk, med vennlig hilsen - JH

phiw13 · Post by **phiw13** » May 20th, 2006, 7:12 pm

krmathis wrote:jhirshon, and others. The SWM bug have just been fixed!
274143 - Fix "single-window mode" prefs

jhirshon. Guess thats soon enough? he he

And it works nicely on my homemade trunk build :-)

Thanks Pink !

jcraig · Post by **jcraig** » May 20th, 2006, 11:39 pm

Happy happy joy joy!

acollins · Post by **acollins** » May 21st, 2006, 3:51 pm

This may be a very basic question, but is there a setting that will force all links to open in new tabs? Even ones that would normally just reuse the same window/tab?

cflawson · Post by **cflawson** » May 21st, 2006, 4:17 pm

No. That's what multi-button programmable mice are for (or your middle mouse button on a non-programmable multi-button mouse).

cl

phiw13 · Post by **phiw13** » May 21st, 2006, 5:31 pm

One possible problem I just noticed on my desktop Mac with the 1.8.1 nightly:
with the pref set as

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user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3);

(the default, when you the check the checkbox in Preferences > tabs).
'new window links' are opened in a new tab, as expected. But the tab opens in the foreground, not the background (my pref is set as such).
I hadn't noticed it yet previously, on my Powerbook I had the pref already set:

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user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 1);

which opens the link in the _same_ tab.

me ? or a bug/weakness ?

Uncle Asad · Post by **Uncle Asad** » May 21st, 2006, 6:12 pm

phiw13 wrote:One possible problem I just noticed on my desktop Mac with the 1.8.1 nightly:
'new window links' are opened in a new tab, as expected. But the tab opens in the foreground, not the background (my pref is set as such).

That may be the default behavior of that setting...does Firefox respect the background pref? If so, file a bug

phiw13 · Post by **phiw13** » May 21st, 2006, 6:39 pm

Uncle Asad wrote:That may be the default behavior of that setting...does Firefox respect the background pref? If so, file a bug

Hmm right, probably the default behavior for that feature; Firefox (Minefield) does the same indeed. Feature Weakness then.
For ages, I've had that setting going to the same tab on my side.

Something else, and the discussion in the bug is not clear as to the intentions

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user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 2);

should allow javascript windows with size assigned (window.open) to open as a new window. And that works correctly in Firefox. Camino doesn't respect it.

Personally it doesn't bother me too much; it can create problems though. Many CMS or message boards use that to popup little 'help' windows (including here on the forum, look at the 'options' on the left in a 'Post a Reply' page, or the 'add Smilies' link here).

Uncle Asad · Post by **Uncle Asad** » May 21st, 2006, 8:12 pm

phiw13 wrote:Something else, and the discussion in the bug is not clear as to the intentions
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user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 2);
should allow javascript windows with size assigned (window.open) to open as a new window. And that works correctly in Firefox. Camino doesn't respect it.

Personally it doesn't bother me too much; it can create problems though. Many CMS or message boards use that to popup little 'help' windows

Hrm, I thought I tested that and it worked, but it certainly doesn't work now. I consider that a bug, for precisely the reason you mention above.

phiw13 · Post by **phiw13** » May 21st, 2006, 9:02 pm

Uncle Asad wrote:Hrm, I thought I tested that and it worked, but it certainly doesn't work now. I consider that a bug, for precisely the reason you mention above.

--> bug 338777.

It is* annoying me right now, in a CMS where I have to edit templates. Thing opens a pop-up to generate code that it automatically appends in the textarea.
* not really, I'm use Firefox for that, I need the DomI... :-)

. But I can see it as a problem for others.

jedik · Post by **jedik** » May 21st, 2006, 11:08 pm

acollins wrote:This may be a very basic question, but is there a setting that will force all links to open in new tabs? Even ones that would normally just reuse the same window/tab?

COMMAND+CLICK or use your mouse's middle button (if you have one).

Cheers

timotab · Post by **timotab** » December 3rd, 2006, 7:50 am

jedik wrote:
acollins wrote:This may be a very basic question, but is there a setting that will force all links to open in new tabs? Even ones that would normally just reuse the same window/tab?

COMMAND+CLICK or use your mouse's middle button (if you have one).

Cheers

The problem with that is that I don't know until I click on a link if it plans to open in the same window or a new one. All I want is for it to open in the same tab if it normally would, and to open in a new tab if it has a target=_blank directive, rather than a new window.

Using a multi button mouse - not a valid solution, as I typically use the pad on my laptop

using cmd-click, not a valid option as that opens in a new tab EVEN IF it would normally have reused the current tab.

Really, is it so hard to add this as a preference?

Timothy

BDog · Post by **BDog** » December 3rd, 2006, 8:04 am

timotab wrote:The problem with that is that I don't know until I click on a link if it plans to open in the same window or a new one.

Add this to your "userContent.css" file.

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a[href][target]:not([target="_self"]) {cursor: ne-resize !important;}