PowerToys Run opens a new window for Firefox instead of a new tab

[erictelkkala]

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Microsoft PowerToys version

0.60.0

Running as admin

• [X] Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerToys Run

Steps to reproduce

• Firefox as default browser
• Browser already open and focused
• Search something on the web with PowerToys Run

✔️ Expected Behavior

A new tab in the browser

❌ Actual Behavior

A new browser window

Other Software

Firefox Nightly 104.0a1 (2022-07-08) (64-bit)

[erictelkkala]

Here's the report file as well PowerToysReport_2022-07-09-11-18-09.zip

[jaimecbernardo]

I can reproduce here. Seems like the behavior for Firefox is different that the one for Chrome. Let's investigate what's going on, if there's something we can do on PowerToys side.

[jaimecbernardo]

Trying it out, it seems that when called from the command line for a search, Firefox always opens a new window. As far as I can tell, there's not way to change it to a new tab instead.

[MariusAlbrecht]

I also have the same issue, PowerToys run does open in a new window. However I can also confirm, that all the Command Line Options firefox provides (most importantly ofc -new-tab, -new-window and -search) seem to open in a new window.

[Fred-Vatin]

Since any links (URL) opened from anywhere in desktop opens in a new tab of Firefox, I guess there might be a workaround.

[CombeeMike]

FYI, this is IMHO a duplicate of #15288 which also explains why that happens and links to some open bugs on Firefoxs bugzilla (see this & this comment)...

[crutkas]

/dup https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/15288

[microsoft-github-policy-service[bot]]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!