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> On macOS, command-clicking links in Gmail now opens them in a new tab as expected.

How is this Firefox's problem? Isn't Gmail just a website?

That called my attention too. Does that mean Firefox runs code specifically on Gmail?

As others have pointed out, not in this case but in general yes - browsers do have website specific fixes for compatibility.

Firefox: https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/d107bc8aeadcc816ba...

Safari: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/86143cf226f227bac5ffad...

I'm not sure what's the file for Chromium but I bet there's something similar.

I know there is quirks file for webkit which is used to be safari and webkit was forked to blink which runs chromium so it depend if its still there.

I found this link from another bug that was marked fixed in 96. It contains all bugs marked to be included in the changelog for 96: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=cf_tracking_fire...

From there I found this bug relating to cmd-clicking links in Gmail: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739929

You can find detailed discussion about what's going on there. I believe this is the ultimate fix: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/0fb0990124cf

It does not appear to be specific to Gmail, no.

Great find. I would've worded this differently then.

Changelogs are really hard! Do you describe the actual bug that was fixed ("mouse click events in secure contexts would sometimes be ignored even if the web application didn't handle them") or do you describe the end-user impact ("middle-clicking links in gmail works again")? There's no right answer.

Does Chrome?

I loaded up my Firefox 95 in macOS and did the command-clicking link, it opens it as new tab just fine. Not sure why this fix is needed for this new version? Perhaps edge cases that are reporting this issue?

I have had this problem for years, and I am clearly not alone - see https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/151885/why-does-...

I completely misunderstood the context. I realize it is about the Cmd +Clicking as in trackpad clicking, not the Cmd+Left-Mouse-Button originally. My apologies about the confusion. I am surprised this bug exists and I never encounter that kind of bug since I always use the mouse for the clicking.

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