Open links in a new window/tab

Jump back to quoted post28 Nov 2012, 09:54 AMOnkelSam

whats so difficult at holding down CTRL while clicking on a link?

Jump back to quoted post28 Nov 2012, 11:00 AMWiFiDi

most other sites follow the opposite format and move links to a separate tab.

so instead of stonewalling/mocking/playing games with your forumites. why don't you man up and answer the question of why you don't want to do this?

heres a solution i came up with that caters to both sides of the isle.

provide a check box allowing users to choose if they want there links to open to over existing window a new tab or a new window.

Jump back to quoted post28 Nov 2012, 18:43 PMOnkelSam

I know as many sites who open in new tabs as i know sites who open in the same tab. But i don't know a way to force a page to load in the same tab, if the site has the predefined setting to open it in a new one, while i know CTRL+click or middle mouse buttons for pages who don't.

Just like Semint said, i don't want to be forced to have 10 open tabs, but rather have the choice myself.


If Seb decides to put this under the User profile settings, it would be fine with me.

Jump back to quoted post29 Nov 2012, 14:41 PMFreQ

In FireFox : install TabMix Plus extension
Go to options/settings and set to force everything to open a new tab, or a new window, or whatever tweaking your prefer ...

Jump back to quoted post29 Nov 2012, 14:41 PMFreQ

In FireFox : install TabMix Plus extension
Go to options/settings and set to force everything to open a new tab, or a new window, or whatever tweaking your prefer ...

$("body").on("click", "a", function() {
	var url = $(this).attr("href"), external = /\w+:\/\//.test(url);
		
	if (external) { window.open(url, "_blank"); }
	
	return !external;
});

Jump back to quoted post8 Dec 2012, 00:37 AMSeb

o did I put it live already? Well glad it works then. It's only for links input by people with text/bbcode, not menu etc. And it's all of them even internal site links, I find that extremely inconvenient but I guess that's why it's user option.