middle click to open tab un-maximizes firefox (windows)

When I middle click a link to open it in a new tab, it takes
the window
out of maximized mode (only in Windows; Linux is fine). 
This is with
FF 1.5.  Anyone know what might be causing this?  I know
it's kind of
vague...  It happens both with bookmarks and links on a
webpage, but
not with Ctrl + T, and it doesn't happen every single time.

Hi,

I can't reproduce the problem you've described, but I'll
keep an eye
open.  I'm using Firefox 1.5 on WinXP.  Here's what I tried:

1. Maximize Firefox.
2. Select link or bookmark with middle-mouse-button.
3. New tab opens but window remains maximized, as expected.

Regards,

--
Kam-Hung Soh
http://kamhungsoh.blog
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On 21/12/05, Cinder6 <cinder6gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When I middle click a link to open it in a new tab, it
takes the window
> out of maximized mode (only in Windows; Linux is fine).
 This is with
> FF 1.5.  Anyone know what might be causing this?  I
know it's kind of
> vague...  It happens both with bookmarks and links on a
webpage, but
> not with Ctrl + T, and it doesn't happen every single
time.
>
>

Kam Hung Soh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can't reproduce the problem you've described, but
I'll keep an eye
> open.  I'm using Firefox 1.5 on WinXP.  Here's what I
tried:
>
> 1. Maximize Firefox.
> 2. Select link or bookmark with middle-mouse-button.
> 3. New tab opens but window remains maximized, as
expected.

Yeah, I have a hard time reproducing it, also.  Hopefully,
someone
knows what I'm talking about!  Next time it happens, I will
be sure to
document exactly what I was doing.

Okay, I encountered it again.  This time, I was going
through my email
(Gmail) and middle clicked a link inside one of my messages,
and the
window de-maximized.

Ah... that's no bug: The link was supposed to open a popup
and a script
tries to resize that popup... but since you've redirected it
to the
same window via middle click, it then resizes this window...
that's
about it. Under Options/Content/Javascript/Advanced you can
disable
move and resize to solve this.

hansschmuckergmail.com wrote:
> Ah... that's no bug: The link was supposed to open a
popup and a script
> tries to resize that popup... but since you've
redirected it to the
> same window via middle click, it then resizes this
window... that's
> about it. Under Options/Content/Javascript/Advanced you
can disable
> move and resize to solve this.

Awesome, thanks.  Oddly enough, on my Linux box, it was
allowed.  E17
must have some overriding setting I don't know about.

Thanks again.

Cinder6 wrote:
> hansschmuckergmail.com wrote:
> > Ah... that's no bug: The link was supposed to open
a popup and a script
> > tries to resize that popup... but since you've
redirected it to the
> > same window via middle click, it then resizes this
window... that's
> > about it. Under
Options/Content/Javascript/Advanced you can disable
> > move and resize to solve this.
>
> Awesome, thanks.  Oddly enough, on my Linux box, it was
allowed.  E17
> must have some overriding setting I don't know about.
>
> Thanks again.

Cinder did you ever find a fix to your problem?  I'm
experiencing this
problem on my home machine and work machine.  I usually use
Ctrl+T to
open a new tab and it occassionaly (1 out of 5 or 10 times)
will
un-maximize itself.  Ctrl+T opens up a blank page btw, so I
know it
can't be the page.  It's a really odd problem and it's
actually been
occuring to me since Firefox 1.5 final was first released..
The 1.5
release candidates never did this.  My work system is a
Windows 2000
machine - home is Windows XP.

Thanks