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FR: Tab Behaviour preference - always open in new tab

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I would like the opportunity to switch the default behaviour to open each item in a new tab, rather than to always switch my current tab.
 
FWIW, I don't think these match up. Enabling the preference makes RW switch to the new tab when you pick "View in New Tab" (or similar). What seems to have been asked was to have single-clicking on a link (or similar) open a new tab. There's no preference for that.

I'd find always-new-tabs annoying, but I'm also heavily invested in using context menus from years and years of tabbed web browsing. (~13?) It'd be nice if Ctrl-click opened in a new tab, though.
 
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Try this:

Find a link.

Left click on it. The contents of the link should appear in the tab.

Mouse wheel click on it. The contents of the link is loaded into a new tab.

In my case the new tab becomes active.

That is probably due to my Auto Switch on Open in New Tab settings.
 
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I'd forgotten about middle-click (mouse wheel click), though it's hard to middle-click on my touchpad or touchscreen.
 
Never knew about the wheel click. I use my laptop in the docking station with a mouse about 50% of the time, so it'll be nice then. Not sure how to middle click with my mousepad. I should look that up.
 
I only use the mousepad if there is no other alternative and I HAVE to use the computer. I am frankly astonished as to how badly it has been implemented - so bad, in fact, that most laptops have a quick key to disable it.

Many are the times when I by typing manage to accidentally touch the mouse pad and move the cursor somewhere else in my text. Quite annoying.

Well, back on track. Had a look around and this link might give some idea how to include a middle button on your laptop:

http://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-middle-click-on-a-touchpad-laptop-mouse/

Making a hotkey might do it, AutoHotKey (http://www.autohotkey.com/) seems to be free.

It should be easy (I believe; haven't tried) to assign CTRL+LMouse to MiddleMouse, for instance.
 
Well, I was excited when I dug into the settings and saw that I could change my Thinkpads track pad middle button's behavior from scrolling to middle click. I changed the setting and applied, but it is still scrolling not acting as a middle click. Bummer.
 
Sadly, mine only has the Windows 10 gesture options now. (I had to disable a bunch of things to get back clicking in the corners of the pad for left and right mouse buttons.)
 
Vargr said:
You can do that in

Manage
Preferences
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Tab Behaviour
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Auto Switch on Open in New Tab​
Click to expand...

This is not the same thing as changing the behaviour of "click" to "Open a New Tab".

I already have this setting turned on and yet every click loads the content in question in the tab I'm currently viewing

The worst is when the touchpad accidentally doesn't register my two-finger tap as a "right click"; then it navigates me away from the content I want in the current tab, adding even more work to the desired behaviour of "I want all of these things open in different tabs so I can quickly cross-navigate between them."
 
You are right - but it does work with the right-click option "Open in new tab".

Otherwise, you will have to use mouse middle-button. I am aware that might be difficult with a laptop - which really is a testimony to the bad design of laptops in general.
 
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