“Open all external links in a new tab” option does not work for protocol agnostic links

[TechnoBear]

@jesus2099

On a side not, open in new tab option still does not work for me at all here.

Are you using a mouse or keyboard? Because using keyboard activation for links doesn’t respect the “open in new tab” setting.

Reported here:

"Open all external links in a new tab" not honoured by keyboard activation

Steps to repro: Check “Open all external links in a new tab” in preferences. Open an external link using a mouse - it opens in a new tab as expected. Open an external link using the keyboard. It opens in the current tab. e.g. External link to SitePoint in this post: Tested on Firefox 40 & Chromium Version 44.0.2403.89 Ubuntu 15.04 (64-bit), both on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04.

(And for some reason, the link to the MusicBrainz community in the first post of this topic does not open in a new tab, whether I activate it from keyboard or by mouse.)