[Bug 1001211] [NEW] No preference setting is available to open messages in an existing tab

[Parameswaran Sivatharman]

Public bug reported:

(Double) Clicking on a particular email item opens new tab for every
clicks despite the same email is already open. This leads to the
presence of multiple tabs of the same mail item cluttering the view.

It will be sensible to have an advanced preference setting to 'Open
messages in:' the existing tab.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: thunderbird 12.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  sivatharman   1970 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p:   sivatharman   1970 F...m pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120430053815
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xc2600000 irq 44'
   Mixer name	: 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI'
   Components	: 'HDA:111d7605,103c166f,00100105 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000'
   Controls      : 22
   Simple ctrls  : 10
Channel: release
Date: Fri May 18 12:19:50 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 Messaging Menu and Unity Launcher integration - ID=messagingmenu at mozilla.com, Version=0.9.3, minVersion=3.3a1pre, maxVersion=12.0a1, Location=app-global, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 EDS Contact Integration - ID=edsintegration at mozilla.com, Version=0.3.9, minVersion=7.0, maxVersion=11.0a1, Location=app-global, Type=extension, Active=Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000 
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.0.5  metric 2 
 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.122.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0.1/20120430053815 (Running)
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-14 (33 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.33
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 166F
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 09.37
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.33:bd08/30/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliong6NotebookPC:pvr0690120000204710000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn166F:rvr09.37:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0690120000204710000620100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise release-channel

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