Small request

[Chris K]

Could you convert links to external sites (for example, those embedded in forum posts) to open in a new tab? In a forum thread it’s nice to open links to other sites and still reference the thread in the original browser tab.

If this cannot be done as one comprehensive move, maybe a setting can be adjusted to open links in new tabs going forward?

Thanks for considering.

[Jerry Adams]

I assume you know this, but if you hold down the ctrl key, then click on the link, it will open in separate window.  On a PC.  I assume you can do something for apples.

And, I agree with you, it would be better to default to opening in  a separate window

[Nick Gatel]

Right clicking with a mouse should bring up several options. Of course with a smartphone it won’t work.

[Matthew / BPL]

Jerry, the command key does the same thing on MacIntosh computers.

Nick, a long pressing on smartphones and tablets open up a contextual pop-up menu similar to the right clicking behavior on desktop computers.

[Matthew / BPL]

I want to acknowledge the request here for forum links to open in new tabs by default. Personally, I don’t like it when websites force links to open in new tabs.

Is this a strong preference that many members have?

[Dan]

Jerry, the command key does the same thing on MacIntosh computers.

Or a two-finger click on a trackpad.  :-)

[Nick Gatel]

“Is this a strong preference that many members have?”

No. Either way works for me. I mostly go online with a computer and it is easy to pick “open in a new tap” when I want that option.

Thanks for the tip of a long press on a phone.

[Nick Gatel]

Should be “new tab.”

I knew I shouldn’t go online with my phone.

[Terran]

All I use anymore is my phone. Computers are heavy. I’m not always home.

New tab

It’s a bit more difficult switching between tabs, but I can manage either way.

 

 

[Bill Budney]

Not a strong preference. I usually right-click links anyway. But I mildly prefer it the way it is.

[Chris K]

Didn’t know the right-click thing. Thanks!

[Todd T]

I want to acknowledge the request here for forum links to open in new tabs by default. Personally, I don’t like it when websites force links to open in new tabs.

Is this a strong preference that many members have?

Don’t break Web conventions!  It’s trivially easy to open in a new Tab if you want it (I use middle-click on computer, long-click on phone) but horribly annoying when it happens every time whether you want it or not.  JUST DON’T.

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