Created attachment 8642998 middlemouse on new tab button creates a new tab related to current
Workarounds involve duplicating the current tab or opening a link in a new related tab but these don't show the new tab page and are less responsive. Ideally there should be a context menu entry like other browsers (Chrome, IE11) but considering that adding a "Duplicate Tab" entry was opposed (Bug 455722) it looks like we have to resort to other methods. The middlemouse approach (Bug 448546) seems like a valid alternative and is currently unutilized for the new tab button. Here's a patch to make middlemouse/ctrl-click on the new tab button create a new tab related to the current tab. It uses whereToOpenLink() so it is consistent with other middlemouse usage. It uses standard related tab behavior, adding the new tab after other related tabs. It needs to exclude commands that originate from keypresses so that Ctrl+T behaves normally. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572074 Title: New tabs open to the right of all existing tabs instead of opening next to the current tab Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox As the summary says: when a user opens a new, empty tab, it opens next to the rightmost of tabs currently open in the browser. This is inconsistent with the way links in new tabs are opened, which is to have them next to the currently active tab. Steps to reproduce: 1. Open multiple tabs in the browser. 2. Select the leftmost tab. 3. Press Ctrl + T. Expected result: Have a new, empty tab next to the leftmost tab. Actual result: The new, empty tab opens next to the rightmost tab. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: 09ae689090491ca53449589269e4bfd8 CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002 Date: Fri Apr 30 09:19:58 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes FirefoxPackages: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 abroswer N/A abrowser-branding N/A InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fi_FI.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/572074/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
