Closed Bug 721739 Opened 13 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Clicking a mailto: address without correctly set mail helper produce infinite tab opening

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

x86_64
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167320

People

(Reporter: ernetas, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: DUPEME?)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1 Build ID: 20111222095143 Steps to reproduce: Clicked a mailto: link with a middle mouse button. I. e. middle clicking on <A href="mailto:dawwadw@awdawd.xx" title="adwdw">mail</a> would reproduce the bug. Actual results: Infinite number of tabs were opened Expected results: One tab opened.
Thanks for filing the bug, sorry it stayed untouched. There have been earlier reports of this, see bug 510009.
Component: Untriaged → File Handling
Product: Firefox → Core
Whiteboard: DUPEME?
Product: Core → Firefox
Version: 9 Branch → unspecified

I can't reproduce the reported bug with Firefox64 on Ubuntu.
Opening an infinite number of tabs can happen if you assign Firefox as mailto helper.
see also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Resolution: WORKSFORME → DUPLICATE
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