Middle mouse button don't work as expected

Bug #63058 reported by zdzichu
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Middle mouse button in used for two things in Firefox:
1) when clicked on link, opens it in new tab
2) when clicked on unactive area, opens *URL currently stored in clipboard*

In Ubuntu 6.10 beta second action don't work.

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Malcolm Parsons (malcolm-parsons) wrote :

This is deliberate.
From the changelog:

    - middlebutton paste disabled
...
 -- Ian Jackson <email address hidden> Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:14:17 +0000

Changed in control-center:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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zdzichu (zdzichu-gmail) wrote :

So this is broken since February?
What's the rationale for crippling this functionality?

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