I've now reproduced on a freshly rebooted ubuntu instance.
I have a firefox profile called "test" that I used. That profile
doesn't have historical windows to open on start, doesn't have any
extensions that I've added.
Launch firefox:
firefox -P test
Use C-N to open two new windows. Return to the terminal. Type "firefox
https://www.lemonde.fr/"; (for example). In my case, the window that
received the new tab was not the last one viewed.
Now choose a different firefox window, not the one that just opened a
new tab. Open a new tab, maybe close it, then return to the terminal,
repeat. I would expect the new lemonde.fr tab to open where I had just
interacted, but this isn't the case.
Possibly relevant:
- I've configured firefox to open new tabs and note new windows when sent a
signal to open a new page.
- I'm using the i3 window manager (so some windows maybe be unmapped due to
tiling) with a focus-follows-mouse policy.
I've also reproduced this starting firefox in safe mode:
firefox -P test --safe-mode
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