Bug 11855 – Opening a new window for a link rather than a tab

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: INVALID
• Component: New Bugs

[Patricia Warwick]

I'm not sure if this is a bug but the behaviour differs from that of Firefox. I have specified in the preferences that I want to open links from application in a new tab in the current window ... but when I click on a link in an email (Apple Discussions: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3715540#3715540), in Firefox this gets opened as new tab in the current window but in Webkit it opens in a new window ...

Here is the raw source from a similar eMail"

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:11:53 -0800
From: Apple Discussions Subscriptions <[e-mail]>
To: Patricia Warwick <[e-mail]>
Subject: Topic "Launching different iDVD project while processing another
 causes crash" in the Apple Discussions forum "iDVD 6" has been updated by
 SDMacuser
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Dear Patricia Warwick,

You have requested mail to be sent to you when messages to the Apple Discussions topic "Launching different iDVD project while processing another causes crash" are posted. SDMacuser posted "Launching different iDVD project while processing another causes crash" on Dec 15, 2006 5:11:53 PM.

To view the topic, visit:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3711328#3711328

To view the forum, visit:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1121.


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[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

This is most likely a Safari browser issue, not a WebKit issue, and thus would require a Radar file filed through https://bugreport.apple.com/.  If you file a bug there, please report the bug number here, and add the "InRadar" keyword.

You may sign up for a free "Online" ADC membership using https://connect.apple.com/.

[Patricia Warwick]

Please let me know how I can determine whether a problem is in Safari vs. Webkit? Originally I reported a problem incorrectly against Webkit because I had forgotten to change my default browser to Webkit. But now it is and I should only be using Webkit from now on. This opening a new window is happening when I am using Webkit (as well as Safari.) Is there some way of identifying the component that is not working correctly?

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Please let me know how I can determine whether a problem is in Safari vs.
> Webkit? Originally I reported a problem incorrectly against Webkit because I
> had forgotten to change my default browser to Webkit. But now it is and I
> should only be using Webkit from now on. This opening a new window is happening
> when I am using Webkit (as well as Safari.) Is there some way of identifying
> the component that is not working correctly?

What I mean is that the decision to open a new window versus open a new tab *may* be in the Safari application itself rather than in the WebKit framework.  If it's a part of Safari, this behavior can't be changed by patching WebKit, it must be changed by patching Safari, only Apple can do that.

I don't know enough about WebKit to know where this decision is, so someone with more information needs to answer this question.

What would be helpful in the meantime, though, is to know whether this behavior is the same with Safari and with the WebKit nightly.  Please test the behavior and report back here.

[Patricia Warwick]

It definitely happens in WebKit as well as in Safari. When my cursor is positioned over the link it states it will open the link in a new window which it does. But as I noted, Firefox does not.

[Patricia Warwick]

I've opened this as a new Safari bug # 4891111

[David Kilzer (:ddkilzer)]

(In reply to comment #5)
> I've opened this as a new Safari bug # 4891111

<rdar://problem/4891111>

[Robert Blaut]

It isn't Webkit issue.