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OPENING NEW TAB WITHOUT SWITCHING TO IT IMMEDIATELY?

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quinterowill
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When I right click on a link for a new tab, the new tab opens up and goes to it immediately, to where before, I would be able to stay on my current page. I've checked options and the box that disables this feature is unchecked.....is there any way to disable this feature?

When I right click on a link for a new tab, the new tab opens up and goes to it immediately, to where before, I would be able to stay on my current page. I've checked options and the box that disables this feature is unchecked.....is there any way to disable this feature?

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Rakshith Bekal
Rakshith Bekal
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If you use a touchpad, Middle-click (click both the left and the right buttons at the same time ) over the link and you won't switch to that page immediately and the same method applies to users using a mouse.

Rakshith Bekal
Rakshith Bekal
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scrollbar for mouse

zyrth
zyrth
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The "synchro-click" does not work on any PC I have tried it on (unfortunately).

Curiously, I partially fixed the problem by disabling the 'Open new window in new tab instead' option - partially, because new tabs open in the background for all websites... except this one!!!