Command Clicking a link in a window to open a new tab opens in the wrong window
I just upgraded to Firefox 4, and I'm having a problem where I command-click on a link in the window I'm currently reading, expecting it to open in a new tab in the same window. Instead it opens in another window, perhaps the last one that I was using. Occasionally it will work correctly and open in the window I'm reading, but more often it just picks another window, seemingly randomly, and opens there.
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This occurs when the window is a "dialog" window. Firefox 4 now redirects new tabs away from a dialog window to another window, typically the last other one you used.
I haven't read of a solution for this, and someone already has posted a request to change this on Mozilla's bug-tracking system. You can vote for the bug to be fixed if you like.
I created a potential workaround to break pages out of dialog windows, but it's not very well developed. You can read about it in this earlier thread, which also has a link to the bug:
How to allow tabs in dialog boxes again? | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense because most of my windows open from my own bookmarking facility which opens news windows via Javascript. I'm guessing that Firefox interprets this to be a dialog instead of a window. I do hope they change that behavior, if you provide a link to where I can vote for the bug I'll be sure to add my voice.
The link to the bug is in the earlier thread linked above.