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    • burnout426
      burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

      At the URL opera://extensions, disable your extensions one by one to see if one is causing the issue.

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      • BingBoingBummTschak
        BingBoingBummTschak @burnout426 last edited by

        @burnout426 There is no extension

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @BingBoingBummTschak last edited by

          @bingboingbummtschak So you left click on any link and it opens in a new window?

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            Could be a stuck shift key on your keyboard. But, you'd notice that when typing.

            You could check your mouse settings to make sure the left button is just a normal left click on not something else. Even if other browsers work fine, I'd check that.

            You could goto the URL opera://settings/shortcuts and disable mouse gestures to see if it goes away. But, the "open link in window" gesture requires the shift key to be held down, so that's probably not it.

            Regular Opera or Opera GX or Opera Crypto?

            Windows or Mac or Linux?

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @BingBoingBummTschak last edited by

              @bingboingbummtschak said in Links open in a new window - not tab:

              any link
              when I click on it a new window appears with the link

              So, at https://example.com/, if you left-click on the "more information", it opens https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved in a new window?

              (Sorry to ask again, but want to make sure as this seems really odd.)

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @BingBoingBummTschak last edited by

                @bingboingbummtschak Just to be sure, I assume you want to the URL opera://extensions and checked that you have no extensions installed?

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                  Using more than one monitor?

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                  • burnout426
                    burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                    Try in a test standalone installation. Does it happen there too?

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                    • BingBoingBummTschak
                      BingBoingBummTschak @burnout426 last edited by

                      @burnout426 no this opens in the same tab

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @BingBoingBummTschak last edited by

                        @bingboingbummtschak Okay. Example page and link that triggers it?

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