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what happened to context menu open link in new window?

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The right-click context menu as late as yesterday, 8-01-18, contained an item "open link in new window". Now it is gone. I want it back. Do I have to revert to v60 and turn off automatic updates?

The right-click context menu as late as yesterday, 8-01-18, contained an item "open link in new window". Now it is gone. I want it back. Do I have to revert to v60 and turn off automatic updates?

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ral
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I also want to get rid of "open in new tab".

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Normally the context menu for a link has:

  • Open Link in New Tab
  • Open Link in New Window {not shown in private windows}
  • Open Link in New Private Window

There's no built-in way to edit items on/off menus. Extensions can add an item to a menu, but not remove existing items.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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If you want to hide a menu item, you can do that using custom style rules in a userChrome.css file. Has that come up in any of your previous threads?

https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html

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jscher2000 said

If you want to hide a menu item, you can do that using custom style rules in a userChrome.css file. Has that come up in any of your previous threads? https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html

No. I will check it out.

Thank you, jscher2000

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jscher2000 said

Normally the context menu for a link has:
  • Open Link in New Tab
  • Open Link in New Window {not shown in private windows}
  • Open Link in New Private Window
There's no built-in way to edit items on/off menus. Extensions can add an item to a menu, but not remove existing items.

Well, now I have " Open Link in New Window" again. I'll have to try to reproduce the conditions under which it was missing.

Thanks, jscher200.