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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Dec 2017
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OS: Linux
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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When --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs flag is set at right-click on hyperlink and select "Open link in new tab" new tab gains focus

Reported by guest271...@gmail.com, Apr 24 2017

Issue description

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/57.0.2987.98 Chrome/57.0.2987.98 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Launch chromium with --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs flag set
2. Right-click on hyperlink
3. Select "Open link in new tab"

What is the expected behavior?
Original tab where "Open link in new tab" is clicked retains focus. New tab is loaded in background.

What went wrong?
New tab gains focus

Did this work before? N/A 

Chrome version: 57.0.2987.98  Channel: n/a
OS Version: 
Flash Version: 

Initial disclosure of issue https://askubuntu.com/questions/904782/how-to-disable-chromium-focus-to-new-tab-when-clicking-link/908478?noredirect=1#908478
 
Status: Available (was: Unconfirmed)
Status: WontFix (was: Available)
WontFix due to lack of priority / resources
Please fix it, --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs flag  it's a great option, but without opening tabs in the background is much less useful. 

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