Cmd + Click not opening links in background inside gmail

When I attempt to open links on background inside gmail the Cmd + click is not working. It opens the link in the foreground.
Though "Open Link in New Tab" in the right click context menu does open it in background.
I am using Firefox 4 on mac book pro running 10.6.7

It has now been solved over on the thread linked above !!!
Open "about:config"
Search for 'browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground'
Then Toggle the value to TRUE !
Thanks to @cor-el for the solution.

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