bug 305972.

minimo/chrome/content/minimo.js

@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ function BrowserReload()
   getWebNavigation().reload(nsIWebNavigation.LOAD_FLAGS_NONE);
 }
 
+/* 
+ * Combine the two following functions in one
+ */
 function BrowserOpenTab()
 {
   try { 
@@ -441,6 +444,21 @@ function BrowserOpenTab()
 
 }
 
+/* 
+ * Used by the Context Menu - Open link as Tab 
+ */
+function BrowserOpenLinkAsTab() 
+{
+  if(document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement.href) {
+    try { 
+      getBrowser().selectedTab = getBrowser().addTab(document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement.href);
+      browserInit(getBrowser().selectedTab);
+    } catch (e) {
+      alert(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
   * FOR - keyboard acessibility - context menu for tabbed area *** 
   * Launches the popup for the tabbed area / tabbrowser. Make sure to call this function 
@@ -515,6 +533,16 @@ function BrowserUIResetZoomMinus() {
   thus mutate the popup menu to the right make call item 
 */ 
 function BrowserPopupShowing () {
+
+  /*
+   * Open Link as New Tab  
+   */ 
+  if(document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement && document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement.href) {
+	document.getElementById("link_as_new_tab").hidden=false;
+  } else {
+	document.getElementById("link_as_new_tab").hidden=true;
+  }
+
   var selectedRange=getBrowser().selectedBrowser.contentDocument.getSelection();
   document.getElementById("item-call").label="Call \""+ selectedRange + " \"";
   document.getElementById("item-call").setAttribute("oncommand","DoTestSendCall("+selectedRange+")");

minimo/chrome/content/minimo.xul

@@ -205,10 +205,12 @@
          <toolbarbutton class="reload-button"  command="cmd_BrowserReload"/>
        </toolbar>
        
+       <menuitem id="link_as_new_tab" label="Open link as New Tab" oncommand="BrowserOpenLinkAsTab()" hidden="true"/>
 	   <menuitem id="item-call"   label="" insertbefore="context-sep-view" oncommand=""/>
 	   <menuitem id="full_screen" label="Toggle FullScreen" oncommand="DoFullScreen()"/>
 	   <menuitem id="item-copy"   label="Copy" oncommand="DoClipCopy()" />
        <menuitem id="item-paste"  label="Paste" oncommand="DoClipPaste()"/>
+       
 	</popup>
 	
 	 <!-- somehow tabbedbrowser needs this. Have to check its implementation and eliminate -->