Right click open in new tab is not working, help please

[StoneRyno]

I searched for a solution. But what I found doesn't fix it. I clean installed the latest firefox dev edition. And restored my profile from a zip I made of the profile before uninstalling. Also in a new profile (the clean profile installed with the install) the right click menu won't even appear. So I have no idea what to do now. Right click menu comes up in the profile I'm using but I don't think any of the menu items are doing anything. Thanks.

[DanRaisch]

Does the same thing occur if you launch the application in Mozilla Safe Mode? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode

[therube]

Right click open in new tab is not working

Everywhere? Only some sites?

[StoneRyno]

In safe mode it takes a few attempts of choose the right click open in a new tab option and wait 30 seconds each time before the tab appears. And yes it doesn't appear to matter what site or page I'm on and any link I right click on in regular mode fails to open the link in a new tab.

[DanRaisch]

What security software are you running on that system?

[StoneRyno]

Bitdefender. Ive been using it for some almost 10 years now. And a year almost on this current version of it. Mysteriously earlier I was able to open a link in a new tab this way earlier today. So I don't know if switching to and back from safe mode jarred something that was causing it.

[StoneRyno]

And this morning it's back to not opening links in a new window from the right click menu. So that one time it worked last night must have been a pure luck thing.

[DanRaisch]

Any particular reason your using the beta version (50.x) rather than a current release version (48.0)?

[StoneRyno]

I always like to help out testing and feedback of stuff to help make products better. Ive been using the beta since firefox began. Since this issue cropped up with one of the updates prior to me posting the thread, I was hoping with a few of us putting our heads together we could find the cause. As of right now the only thing that has changed is the firefox build from when it was working without issue. This has been the first major issue I've had in a very long time. And one that I was not able to find the cause so that a fix can be done.

[JayhawksRock]

Over at MS support it appears to be a Win 10 key mapping thing.... none of us here except the OP are using Win 10 so none of us can reproduce the problem

[James]

Since you are Testing the Aurora aka Developer Edition builds (50.0a2) and not using the stabled Release this should be in Firefox Builds. Moved. Btw Firefox 49.0 is currently on Beta channel as 49.0b# and not 50.0.

[TheVisitor]

Over at MS support it appears to be a Win 10 key mapping thing.... none of us here except the OP are using Win 10 so none of us can reproduce the problem

I'm on Win10 and I have no problem right-click 'Open Link in new Tab, Or Window, or Private Window....

OP, can you give more detail steps on how/what your trying to open with right-click ? I'm assuming your getting the correct context right-click menu ?

[Alice0775]

I found a bug with Linux Mint.
#1293064 [Firefox:New Tab Page]-Open in New Window /Tab options not working (right click) 48.0 on Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 [Lin]

> This is Linux Mint's package's issue.
>
> related bugs here
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1610643
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1610716

[therube]

I always like to help out testing

And Safe Mode?
And a new, clean Profile?
And (a copy of) the existing Profile along with FF 48 Release?

[StoneRyno]

OP, can you give more detail steps on how/what your trying to open with right-click ? I'm assuming your getting the correct context right-click menu ?

As far as I can tell it is every link I right click including links in this thread. The right click context menu appears to be correct. Safe mode results see my post above. A new profile results in right click context menu not appearing when right clicking. My current profile is a copy of my existing profile from prior to the clean install of the current firefox install.