Bug 727131: add pref to control whether searches from the context menu open in the background, r=dao

browser/app/profile/firefox.js

@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ pref("browser.search.order.3",                "chrome://browser-region/locale/re
 // search bar results always open in a new tab
 pref("browser.search.openintab", false);
 
+// context menu searches open in the foreground
+pref("browser.search.context.loadInBackground", false);
+
 // send ping to the server to update
 pref("browser.search.update", true);
 

browser/base/content/browser.js

@@ -3555,10 +3555,11 @@ const BrowserSearch = {
     if (!submission)
       return;
 
+    let inBackground = Services.prefs.getBoolPref("browser.search.context.loadInBackground");
     openLinkIn(submission.uri.spec,
                useNewTab ? "tab" : "current",
                { postData: submission.postData,
-                 inBackground: false,
+                 inBackground: inBackground,
                  relatedToCurrent: true });
   },