Open in new tab extra feature

[stolis]

stolis last edited by

While using Firefox in the past, when i was choosing the "open in new tab" option, it had this really nice feature showing the new opened tab without having to manually select it, like i do now in your browser.
I'd really like to see this in opera.

[burnout426]

burnout426 last edited by

As a workaround for now, hold down ctrl + shift and left-click the link.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @burnout426

@burnout426 Thanks for the shortcut. Didn't know about it and i couldn't find it into the keyboard settings.
Either way i still believe that such an option into the tab settings it would be very useful.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @stolis

@stolis As far as I know, this is how Chromium works, so maybe it will depend on a change in Chromium.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @leocg

@leocg I just thought if you could search through firefox code which is open, maybe you can find a pattern to insert it in opera as well. I find it very useful. Thanks for applying anyway.

ps - for some proposals i like to post about the UI, where should i apply? In the forum i mean

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator last edited by

Suggestions and feature requests, of course. Unless you're posting about an actual bug.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @sgunhouse

@sgunhouse Well that's what i had in mine too. I'll try to see if there are other similar topics to post or i'll open a new one, right?

One last question 'cause i'm new in the forum and haven't yet learn several options around posting, can you please tell me how can i add tags on a post-topic?

Thank you

ps - can you check this topic please (https://forums.opera.com/topic/37486/scroll-to-the-top-of-the-page/12)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @stolis

@stolis Firefox is based on a different project/engine, so copying FF code may not work.
Also, as far as I know, Opera tries to avoid messing with Chromium code as much as possible to avoid conflicts.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @stolis

@stolis You can add tags when you write the topic. Just write them where indicated.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @leocg

@leocg I didn't meant copying the code. I was just thinking that by looking the code, maybe the developers could find a way to integrate such a feature into opera as well.
As for avoiding conflicts, it's absolutely logical. But what if operas devs found some kind of bug or malfunction in chromium? Wouldn't they inform them? I just thought they might had some kind of communication between them.
So in the same way they might talk to them about this feature. That's all i'm saying, just guessing of course.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @stolis

@stolis If a bug is found in Chromium, it probably will be reported to the Chromium BTS.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @leocg

@leocg You're saying that's an option that can't be created outside chromium? I've got to say that i'm not familiarized with programming. That's why i'm asking

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @stolis

@stolis Nope, I was answering your question about finding bugs in Chromium.

And, like I said, Opera probably will try to avoid conflicts with Chromium code because of the issues it may cause during intakes.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by @leocg

@leocg So you're saying that only if chromium team creates such a feature we might see it on opera. Right?

[burnout426]

burnout426 last edited by burnout426 @stolis

@stolis Try Vivaldi. It's a Chromium-based browser where "right-click -> Open Link in New Tab" opens the new tab in the foreground. For opening the new tab in the background, there's a separate "Open Link in New Background Tab" item in the right-click menu.

Or, in Opera or Chrome, install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/open-link-in-foreground-t/ofbafcaeafjchlcknlmcgaijglnkdnja?hl=en-US. It'll add a new item to the right-click menu.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @burnout426

@burnout426 I'm going to check on vivaldi as you suggest but i have to insist on this one. I don't want to use extra extensions for something that i believe is so simple to create. At least that's my opinion.
Of course it's up to chromium devs. I suppose it could be a suggestion from operas devs? Don't you think?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator last edited by @stolis

@stolis Nope, I'm saying that Chromium code may need to be changed to achieve that change and people at Opera may not want to do that because it may cause issues.

[stolis]

stolis last edited by stolis @leocg

@leocg As i've mentioned before i'm not so familiar with programming but i believe that such a feature shouldn't be that difficult through some code changes. As for avoiding issues, what are dev-beta editions for?
By the way, the "Ctrl-Shift" shortcut where it comes from?

[stolis]

stolis last edited by @burnout426

@burnout426 said in Open in new tab extra feature:

@stolis Try Vivaldi. It's a Chromium-based browser where "right-click -> Open Link in New Tab" opens the new tab in the foreground. For opening the new tab in the background, there's a separate "Open Link in New Background Tab" item in the right-click menu.

Thanks for the tip. I'm using Vivaldi from time to time but i hadn't notice this! Do you think that it would be so difficult creating something similar on opera, since both of them are using chromium engine?

[burnout426]

burnout426 last edited by @stolis

@stolis said in Open in new tab extra feature:

difficult creating something similar on opera

Vivaldi is a little special on how it present its UI. It allows for more customization compared to other Chromium browsers.

For Opera, it'd at least be really, really easy to add an "Open in Foreground tab" option using an internal component extension. As for Opera and modifying the default behavior of "Open in new tab" to change it to automatically focus on opening, the change is probably easy, but probably requires patching the Chromium source.

By the way, the "Ctrl-Shift" shortcut where it comes from?

You can search through https://source.chromium.org/chromium?originalUrl=https:%2F%2Fcs.chromium.org%2F to try and find it. It might be difficult to find the function that's called when you chose "Open in new tab" from the context menu. The function might have a focus parameter that's set to false for example where modifying it and setting it to true would do what you want. But, even if it's that simple, it's highly unlikely Opera would want to do that (even as an option).