<![CDATA[Middle click and new tabs]]>Hello, I am currently trying out Opera 23. Thus far, I like the browser overall; however, I have a nagging problem.

Is it possible to open a new tab by middle clicking the back/forward button and a link in the address bar.

To elaborate:

  • I middle click on the page back button
  • A new tab appears in the background and it opens the previous page
  • My original tab remains on the current page

Same thing with link shown in the address bar.

This is a feature that I am used to in Chrome and Firefox. Can I customize Opera to do the same?

On a side note, why is it that when I search help related to Opera, I get pages referring to older versions and rarely the newest version? 😕

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/4808/middle-click-and-new-tabsRSS for NodeMon, 15 Jun 2026 12:39:58 GMTSun, 31 Aug 2014 22:35:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Middle click and new tabs on Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:12:51 GMT]]>It has nothing to do with mouse gestures. Don't disable them.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/49516https://forums.opera.com/post/49516Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:12:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Middle click and new tabs on Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:34:14 GMT]]>i had that same issue too with the right clicking causing a new tab to open out of nowhere, i figured out why it happened. there's a feature on Opera called "mouse gestures" where if you move your mouse around in a different way, it will do something, in fact this page should explain it more:
http://help.opera.com/opera/Windows/1558/en/fasterBrowsing.html#mouse

anyway, go check your settings, then on the check on the browser part of the setting to see if their's a check next to "mouse gestures", if so, then uncheck it to disable that feature.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/49424https://forums.opera.com/post/49424Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:34:14 GMT