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    • vampirex
      vampirex last edited by

      Hello All,
      Is it possible to open links automatically in a new tab ?
      I looked everywhere, but did'nt find any answer. When I open a new link it is open in teh current tab, unless I opened a new empty tab. This is really annoying and I loose a lot of tabs that I wanted to keep opened.
      Thanks you very much for help.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        Manually: Right-click the link and choose "open in new tab" or right-click and hold on the link and drag down (aka gesture down) or ctrl + shift + click. There's also middle-click, ctrl + click and right-click and hold on the link and drag down and then up (aka gesture down up). You can also drag the link to the tab bar. You can shift + click to open it in a new window.

        To do it automatically, you could try some Chrome extensions. Install this extension and then try some of these.

        You might find some at https://addons.opera.com/en/ too. I see this one, but it forces them to load in the background instead of the foreground.

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        • vampirex
          vampirex last edited by

          Thank you Bournout426 for helping me.
          I know what you show me, but I think to have tried every of these extensions. Unfortunately, sometime it works and sometime it doesn't, it means it is not reiable so not really usable.
          I come from FireFox where all was possible and I am vey surprised that Opera doesn't permit that.
          For me it is really annoying, and if I don't find any solution, I believe I'll try another web explorer. It's a pity as Opera seems a good explorer, but this is really a problem for me.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            In Firefox, is the option in about:config or something?

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            • vampirex
              vampirex last edited by

              You can customize all you want with an extension called Tab Mix Plus.
              The problem is that they changed too many things and a lot of extensions no longer work since release 57 and a lot of developers went away. I tried the WaterFox 56 but performances are too poor. Unfortunately the choice becomes difficult. I have another problem with Opera because the pictures are sometime displayed, sometime replaced with an icon and sometime nothing is displayed. All work perfectly with WaterFox or MS Edge. I don't find where is the trouble.

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @vampirex last edited by

                @vampirex said in Opening new link into a new tab:

                I know what you show me, but I think to have tried every of these extensions. Unfortunately, sometime it works and sometime it doesn't

                This one seems to work great. It even has a button in the address bar to toggle it on and off.

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                • vampirex
                  vampirex @burnout426 last edited by vampirex

                  @burnout426 It works for link in a page, but it doesn't work with a bookmark nor with a search, in these situations the page is opened in the tab displayed.

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer @vampirex last edited by burnout426

                    @vampirex Ah, yes. Extensions don't have access to change those. But, for bookmarks at least, if you click on them via the sidebar, they open in a new tab. Selecting text on a page and choosing to search for it opens it in a new tab also. To search via the address field though, you'll want to open a new tab first. Or, you can hold down alt when you press enter.

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                    • vampirex
                      vampirex last edited by

                      Yes, it is the state where I am now. I have to think to open a new tab before launching a new search. Unfortunately, I almost forget 9 times on 10.

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                      • marcop
                        marcop @burnout426 last edited by

                        @burnout426 thanks for the ctrl + shift + left mouse button and ctrl + middle mouse button shortkeys as I can have granular control over each link (a part from target _blank links).

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