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Image links open in foreground tab when open in new tab is selected from right click menu

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browser.tabs.loadinbackground is set to true already. Non-image links usually open in background tabs. I tried setting browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground to true but it didn't resolve the issue for me. (I've since set it back to the default false).

browser.tabs.loadinbackground is set to true already. Non-image links usually open in background tabs. I tried setting browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground to true but it didn't resolve the issue for me. (I've since set it back to the default false).

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See this bug report.

  • 1706487 - "Open Image in New Tab" should load images in a background (rather than foreground) tab, like Chrome

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html
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See this bug report.

  • 1706487 - "Open Image in New Tab" should load images in a background (rather than foreground) tab, like Chrome

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html
)