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New Private browsing windows are opening into pop-up windows

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Metaflex
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- Browsing in a Private Browsing window - Settings are set to... open link in a new window (which should be a new private browsing window) - I click the link on a site - New private window opens the link in a pop-up window ... with no scrollbar/menubar/bookmark bar/etc... I can maximize the window size, but have no way to see the lower part of the page.... [ see attached capture]

NOTE... it states at the top of that capture Private Browsing... The scrollbars/menubar/bookmark bar are gone., That capture is a pop-up....it is suppose to be a new private browsing window/web page.

- This is definitely a bug in the last upgrade. - using ver 38.0.1 - Browsing in a normal window works fine...that link opens in a new window fine, as is expected. , but something's broken when browsing in private windows. - Resetting mozilla did not fix the problem.

- Browsing in a Private Browsing window - Settings are set to... ''open link in a new window'' (which should be a new private browsing window) - I click the link on a site - New private window opens the link in a ''pop-up window'' ... with no scrollbar/menubar/bookmark bar/etc... I can maximize the window size, but have no way to see the lower part of the page.... [ see attached capture] NOTE... it states at the top of that capture ''Private Browsing''... The scrollbars/menubar/bookmark bar are gone., That capture is a ''pop-up''....it is suppose to be a ''new private browsing window/web page.'' - This is definitely a bug in the last upgrade. - using ver 38.0.1 - Browsing in a normal window works fine...that link opens in a new window fine, as is expected. , but something's broken when browsing in private windows. - Resetting mozilla did not fix the problem.
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Modified by Metaflex

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This is a known bug in Firefox that is experienced by some, but not all, users. It can be worked around by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to about:config and click through the warning message.
  2. In the search box at the top of the page, type the text dom.disable_window_open_feature. Wait a few seconds for the filter to take effect or press Enter.
  3. Double click on any of the values listed that have a value of False to change them to True.
  4. Close the tab when you are done and the problem should be fixed!

Source: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1062333?page=2#answer-732589

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tjohnson
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Suluhisho teule

This is a known bug in Firefox that is experienced by some, but not all, users. It can be worked around by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to about:config and click through the warning message.
  2. In the search box at the top of the page, type the text dom.disable_window_open_feature. Wait a few seconds for the filter to take effect or press Enter.
  3. Double click on any of the values listed that have a value of False to change them to True.
  4. Close the tab when you are done and the problem should be fixed!

Source: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1062333?page=2#answer-732589

Modified by tjohnson

Metaflex
Metaflex Mwenye swali
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Perfect fix tj !

Many Thx!  ;)