diff --git a/common/content/buffer.js b/common/content/buffer.js
index 93ac0e42..8f6a6b2a 100644
--- a/common/content/buffer.js
+++ b/common/content/buffer.js
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ const Buffer = Module("buffer", {
                 try {
                     let [x, y] = elem.getAttribute("coords").split(",").map(parseFloat);
 
-                    elem.dispatchEvent(events.create(elem.ownerDocument, "mouseover", { screenX: x, screenY: y }));
+                    events.dispatch(elem, events.create(elem.ownerDocument, "mouseover", { screenX: x, screenY: y }));
                 }
                 catch (e) {}
             }
@@ -608,8 +608,7 @@ const Buffer = Module("buffer", {
     followLink: function (elem, where) {
         let doc = elem.ownerDocument;
         let view = doc.defaultView;
-        let offsetX = 1;
-        let offsetY = 1;
+        let { left: offsetX, top: offsetY } = elem.getBoundingClientRect();
 
         if (isinstance(elem, [HTMLFrameElement, HTMLIFrameElement]))
             return buffer.focusElement(elem);
@@ -646,10 +645,10 @@ const Buffer = Module("buffer", {
 
         prefs.withContext(function () {
             prefs.set("browser.tabs.loadInBackground", true);
-            ["mousedown", "mouseup", "click"].forEach(function (event) {
-                elem.dispatchEvent(events.create(doc, event, {
+            ["mousedown", "mouseup"].forEach(function (event) {
+                events.dispatch(elem, events.create(doc, event, {
                     screenX: offsetX, screenY: offsetY,
-                    ctrlKey: ctrlKey, shiftKey: shiftKey, metaKey: ctrlKey
+                    ctrlKey: ctrlKey, shiftKey: shiftKey, metaKey: false
                 }));
             });
         });
diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index 9d574c71..607ec239 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const Editor = Module("editor", {
             elem.scrollLeft = curLeft;
             let event = elem.ownerDocument.createEvent("Event");
             event.initEvent("input", true, false);
-            elem.dispatchEvent(event);
+            events.dispatch(elem, event);
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index ea6aea50..16a496c1 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
                 let duringFeed = this.duringFeed;
                 this.duringFeed = [];
                 for (let [, evt] in Iterator(duringFeed))
-                    evt.target.dispatchEvent(evt);
+                    events.dispatch(evt.target, evt);
             }
         }
     },
@@ -358,6 +358,18 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
         return events.fromString(keys).map(events.closure.toString).join("");
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Dispatches an event to an element as if it were a native event.
+     *
+     * @param {Node} target The DOM node to which to dispatch the event.
+     * @param {Event} event The event to dispatch.
+     */
+    dispatch: function (target, event) {
+        return target.ownerDocument.defaultView
+                     .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor).getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils)
+                     .dispatchDOMEventViaPresShell(target, event, true);
+    },
+
     /**
      * Converts an event string into an array of pseudo-event objects.
      *
diff --git a/common/content/tabs.js b/common/content/tabs.js
index 9109c07d..d56cdf10 100644
--- a/common/content/tabs.js
+++ b/common/content/tabs.js
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ const Tabs = Module("tabs", {
                 "stringlist", "tab",
                 {
                     setter: function (values) {
-                        let [open, restriction] = [1, 0];
+                        let open = 1, restriction = 0;
                         for (let [, opt] in Iterator(values)) {
                             if (opt == "tab")
                                 open = 3;