Open new tab when clicking link

All web browsers have individual features and functions. While most of them share that collection, for the sake of uniformity and intuitive design, many of them have additional features that are not immediately obvious. Here are a few things you should know about the Chrome web browser, including how to open links in a new tab in Chrome.Opening Links in a New Tab—What Is the Problem?For those who are not clear on the subject, this article is about opening a link in a new tab on Chrome. When you click a link the usual way, the web page does one of two things. Either the link sends you to the destination (usually being another web page), or you click a link, and it opens a new tab on your Chrome web browser.Who decides if the link loads the page right there or opens it in a new tab? The HTML/code determines how a link opens, whether in the existing tab, a new tab, or even a new window.Why Do People Want “Every” Page Opened on a New Tab?There are many reasons why someone would want every page opened on a new tab. The user may wish to keep the existing tab open and usable as a reference or as a place to return.They may also want to compare webpages for information, such as product reviews, specs, processes/instructions, or definitions. This scenario is especially essential when clicking on an ad. The user won’t like losing their page on a website and having the ad take its place.Regardless of situations, the most common reason to open links in new tabs is that people want to check out many different videos from a list, but they do not want to lose the list or the search when they click on the video links.

There are many ways to achieve this.One of them is to use keyboard modifiers as mtone suggested but if you'd like Opera to handle background tabs the same way Google Chrome does, then you're better off doing this: Install AutoStack and backup Opera's menu config file as explained here then proceed.Open the config file standard_menu.ini in a text editor (Notepad++ works well).The file is usually located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\ui\Search for [Link Popup Menu] and add one of these entries:Item, "Open link in New Background Tab"= Open link in background page, "urlinfo",,, "Mail Compose Bold"ORItem, "Open link in New Background Tab"= Open link in background page, "urlinfo",,, "Thread Button"Now search for [Hotclick Popup Menu]. When you've found it, add this line among the other entries:Item, "Search in background tab"= Copy,,,,"Search Web" & Paste and go backgroundWhere you place these lines will decide where it will turn up in the context menu so if you want them to show up as the first choice in their respective menus, make sure you place them at the top.Restart Opera. Now when you select some text and right-click it, you should see Search in background tab among the items in the context menu. Clicking on it will either send the selected text to your default search engine or if it's a URL, Opera will load it in the background page like Google Chrome does.Also Open link in New Background Tab shows up when you right click a link. What it does is self-explanatory. Based on your choice, you should see one of these in the context menu:

#1 2013-12-15 17:39:03 New tabs I use middle click on links when I want them to open in a new tab but I'd prefer them to open in the foreground. Is there any way to achieve this? #2 2014-02-11 23:03:09 Re: New tabs I agree with peder. It seems only natural, if I Cntr-click on a link to open a new tab, that I want to go to it. If this isn't the standard convention, please make this an option in the next version of Epic. TIA. #3 2014-03-12 18:01:20 Re: New tabs I like this thought as well. Epic's behaving according to the default chromium (I believe it's the same in Chrome). It's kind of simple just having one option then clicking on the tab...but I can understand why you'd want the tab you open to be active, e.g. Opera for example has two options on right click open in new foreground tab / open in new background tab -- which makes sense. #4 2014-03-12 18:01:47 Re: New tabs Thanks for the great feedback / thoughts btw -- do keep pushing us on this one...let's see if it gets more support. #5 2014-04-14 16:12:50 Re: New tabs Yes! Please! Make new tab active!

CRX idmegplcpdkmjjoondippkedoaidkeikcm Description from extension metaDouble left/right or triple left clicks on WEBPAGE (not tab) to close tab. Reopen tab by shiftKey + DC/TC. Optional: an icon to… Image from store Description from store VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: After installation, double click on the WEB PAGE (NOT TAB!) to close the tab (OR to be safer: change the options to use double right click or triple left click on page) - it's actually faster than clicking on tabs. details see below.To those wanting "double click on tab to close" - Google now made its own extension to do that and more. It uses a plugin mechanism that uses compiled binary code and presents a security risk unless you're sure you can trust the author (of course coming from Google it's likely fine). Without using such mechanism, Chrome extensions cannot receive tab events. Google's extension is called Chrome Toolbox. As for the guy asking me why ChromePlus could do it - answer's simple, ChromePlus is NOT Chrome. It has extra binary code too, and it's not from Google.To those wanting "double right click" - Chrome now fixed their silly issue that prevented this feature, and I put it in DCCT v1.0.8. Please download & enjoy!This extension offers the following functionalities:1. Double left click or double right click anywhere inside web page to close the tab (faster than middle click on tab and beats ctrl-w when your left hand's holding a phone or food). Important: if you double left click to select a word, DCCT will not close the tab - no interference with Google Dictionary etc. Double right click always closes tab.2. An icon that, when clicked, closes current tab. Option's provided to change to duplicate current tab when icon's clicked or hide the icon altogether.3. No accidental closing of Chrome - option provided to disable closing the last tab of the last Chrome window (Note: click the "x" on top right corner of the last window to close Chrome).4. A feature by user request (optional): Revert the browser behavior when one clicks or ctrl+clicks on a link - clicking link would open link in new background tab instead, while ctrl+click opens link in current tab.Misc.:1. If double click is not ideal for you, use the Options page to switch to Triple Clicks. Note: Unlike double-click, triple-click will close the tab even if you triple-clicked on a word.2. If you accidentally closed