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Bug 579882 - Make the curtain when rightclicking on links more logical
Make the curtain when rightclicking on links more logical
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 583180
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
2.27.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-04-22 20:38 UTC by roberth.sjonoy
Modified: 2009-05-20 19:50 UTC
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Description roberth.sjonoy 2009-04-22 20:38:50 UTC 
Epiphany with webkit offer a option through gconf to open new windows in tab instead of a new window.

This feature is great BUT, it may cause some confusion for users, when you right click on a link, you normally get these options: 

Open Link
Open Link in New Window
....

This variates from site to site AFAIK, but when you for example at 4chan.org right click on a link and click on "Open Link", it opens in a new tab, if you click on "Open Link in New Window" it opens the link in a tab.

I think it would be more logical to remove the "Open Link" option, put the "Open Link in New Window" at the top of the list, when add a new option "Open Link in New Tab" and whatever the option is specified in gconf, and you click at "Open Link in New Tab" it opens in a new tab, if you click on "Open Link in New Window" it opens in a new window.

So the user can expect the option he chooses to actually do the thing he choosed, when clicking on a link it opens in a new tab as specified in gconf.

Other information:
Comment 1 Gustavo Noronha (kov) 2009-05-20 19:50:22 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 583180 ***