It is a simple line of code and the entire site does this or add target=“_blank” to every hyperlink, and it will do the same thing. It sucks that you have to right-click every link to open in a new tab or window and it is such a simple fix.
I prefer the current behaviour.
It’s easy to open a link in a new tab without right clicking. You can middle click (Windows and Linux) or command+click (MacOS). However there’s no easy way to force a browser to open a link in the current tab if the site wants to use a new tab.
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If you can, contribute to the code. You can do a pull request if you want.
There might even be discussions on it which you can vote on.
Eventually it would be nice to have a toggle in the settings. Could keep the current behavior as the default and let users change it
Web apps should not override the configured behavior of browsers.
Alexandrite opens external links in new tabs.
It also has a light mode now. I know that was a drawback for some folks when it was first being mentioned.
You can use middle click to open sites in a different tab
Laptops don’t have middle clicks.
Everyone knows the various workarounds. You don’t need to post them. This thread is about a problem that ought not to exist.
Or Ctrl+Click to open in a new tab in the background, or Ctrl+Shift+Click to open in a new tab and switch to it. Regardless, I agree with OP that this should be the default.
If you force tabs to open in a new tab/window, how do you open it in the same tab/window?
Ultimately, it is about user control and possibly accessibility.
Depending on your input device you can open a link in a new tab directly through
- Middle mouse click
- Ctrl + mouse click
- Ctrl + Enter
The alternative or fallback is to use the context menu like you say.
Who says they should categorically and always open in new tabs though? In what contexts? On what kind of environment behavior does that depend? Does it assume a standard single open, auto focus, close, get back to the previous page? What makes a navigate back worse?
If you want a general, categorical solution for your preference, as long as Lemmy does not provide a setting for it, a simple browser addon could automatically adjust all links on a websites pages, or your browser may offer it.
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You could submit a PR to change it?
There’s browser addons in the meantime. !plugins@sh.itjust.works
I really don’t mind doing right-click-new-tab. What I don’t like is, when you click back it often doesn’t take you back to where you were before. So, totally agree with the request as it would leave you at your place.
Middle click (or command-click on Mac) will also open in a new tab in basically every browser.
The answer is because its version 0.18
