Wrong Firefox option: browser.link.open_newwindow=1 [Solved]

[udiljak]

Hi.

Equo seems to set the value for the firefox option browser.link.open_newwindow to the value 1.
This causes Firefox to open new links from other applications (mail client) in the currently open tab.

I think this option should be set to the Firefox default 3. So that links open in a new tab!

Have a nice day!
Ben

[Thev00d00]

Bug report so this doesn't get lost, cheers.

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Edit:

Can anyone confirm this? Its set to 3 here at least, and should be set by this file: Link

[joost]

Ian, that version is not in Entropy. nobody communicated this with me.

//edit ooh I see that that file is actually pretty old. Does it even apply to Firefox 4?
http://gitweb.sabayon.org/?p=overlay.gi ... dc560c5084

[Thev00d00]

You are right that file is old, the current version still defines it however.

http://gitweb.sabayon.org/?p=overlay.gi ... 01;hb=HEAD

[Fitzcarraldo]

Not using one of my SL machines at the moment, but, just for info., Firefox 4.0.1 in Windows Vista tells me the following in about:config for the search filter "browser.link":

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Preference Name                                   Status      Type        Value
browser.link.open_newwindow                       default     integer     3
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction           default     integer     2
services.sync.prefs.browser.link.open_newwindow   default     boolean     true

[Thev00d00]

I tested the latest daily and everything worked as expected, external links where opened in new tabs.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Just had a look on my main laptop running SL. I'm using Firefox 4.0 installed via Portage using the ebuild www-client/firefox-4.0-r3 from the Sabayon overlay, and the preferences in about:config using the filter "browser.link" are:

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Preference Name                                   Status      Type        Value
browser.link.open_external                        default     integer     3
browser.link.open_newwindow                       default     integer     3
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction           default     integer     2
services.sync.prefs.browser.link.open_newwindow   default     boolean     true

Firefox works fine. So I don't know what happened to the OP but the preference he reported appears to be limited to his machine.

[udiljak]

Hi.

Sorry for the late reply.

On every firefox update I have to reset the option "browser.link.open_newwindow".

It's set to 1 and I have to reset the default 3.

Is this a problem with any of my settings?

Thanks for the effort!
Ben

[Fitzcarraldo]

Is this a problem with any of my settings?

It would appear to be. Try resetting them: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Res ... references

[udiljak]

Hi.

Finally I found out that the problem was connected to a Firefox plugin!

Vimperator resets this Firefox option under certain circumstances. (Some bug after some update.)

The solution for anyone having the same problem:
:set popups=tab

Thanks a lot for your efforts!
Ben