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when I right-click a link to open in another tab, the new tab opens not in the original window but in the first firefox window of the session

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when I right-click a link to open in another tab, the new tab opens not in the original window but in the first Firefox window of the session. I deleted sessionstore.js from the profile and restarted Firefox but that did not help

when I right-click a link to open in another tab, the new tab opens not in the original window but in the first Firefox window of the session. I deleted sessionstore.js from the profile and restarted Firefox but that did not help

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Sounds like this bug:

  • bug 644729 - Popup window with all toolbars visible causes new tabs to open in another browser window

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Modified by cor-el

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OK, I read the bug thread and I'm not the first one to notice this (didn't expect to be) but is there a solution?