Tweak for "Go to web address" feature

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Opera has this nifty feature when you can highlight web address -> right click -> Go to web address. It is really helpful in situations where link is unclickable. The problem is that it opens in the current tab, which is inconvenient in most cases (you probably still reading/watching something on the page you found this link). So it would be nice to be able to set "Go to web address" feature to open link in the new tab.

[luminance88]

luminance88 last edited by

+1, I always thought it would be better if it opened a window in a new tab, thank you for suggesting this

[tree1891]

tree1891 last edited by

+1

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

+1

Meanwhile, you could use Extensions like:

• Open in (background) tab
• Open-A-Thing

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Can't it be ctrl clicked to open in new (background) tab?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@celadyn thanks for suggestion.
@rudrick no, it can't be since it is unclickable (just plain text).

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

If you highlight an address that is not a link, you can copy it with Cmd-c, then Cmd-t (new tab), Cmd-v (paste), Return to load it in a new tab.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

An extension could change non url web addresses to urls.