(In reply to alexander.kern from comment #123) > Hey all, I think opening a new tab in background in a fast way/without > leaving the current page is very useful. I had an extension for that but > it's no longer possible because webext API does not offer that possibility.
Not from the URL bar, but extensions can definitely open background tabs, so an add-on could still do this using a page/browser action or a sidebar to offer you UI. > That's why I'm following this bug closely. However now I'm surprised. Here > are all the things that happen on Firefox nightly 64.0a1 (2018-09-06) > (64-Bit): > > ctrl: add www..com > ctrl shift: www.com (should be add www..com in new window?) > shift: new window foreground > alt: new tab foreground > alt ctrl: add www..com and open in new tab foreground > alt shift: nothing happens, should be default action in tab background or > new window background? > alt shift ctrl: www.com new tab background > > The name/description of this bug is "Inconsistent "open in new tab" > shortcuts (Ctrl+Enter for links, but Alt+Enter in address bar and search > bar)" > > So I think the changes now are useful, but do they solve the original issue? > Ctrl+Enter still doesn't open a new tab in background, like it does > everywhere else. I suggest: > > ctrl: open in new tab in background This behavior is now possible, but it's behind a pref (about:config, browser.urlbar.ctrlCanonizesURLs), because the outcome of some of the (long) discussion here was that to remain consistent with Chrome and IE/Edge, we would continue to keep that as the default (see e.g. comment #93). Note that AFAIK Chrome uses `ctrl-enter` even on Linux and Mac, so per the spreadsheet in comment #103 ( https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VVEVjyIYRZIFteM71j5bJhENa2xXT82gaikr0WgpKLA/edit#gid=0 ) the default there is also to use ctrl-enter. (This is a change on mac, where it used to be cmd-enter.) I'll change the summary to more accurately reflect what was changed here. -- 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/66566 Title: Inconsistent shortcuts for new tab Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in firefox-3.0 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in firefox-3.5 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: There are currently too many shortcuts when opening a link in a new tab: - location bar: <ALT> + <ENTER> - GO button: <CTRL> + click - search bar: <CTRL> + <ENTER> - SEARCH button <ALT> + click - links: <SHIFT> + click - menu bar: <CTRL> + click - BACKWARD/FORWARD button: <CTRL> + click This is one of the reasons I'm keeping with Opera. There it is always the shift key and I have to remember only one key. Thanks for reading! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/66566/+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
