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.

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[+] -19 points 2 years ago (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Thats subjective. Different people have different opinions on how this should work. Making the default open in the current tab still allows you to have the alternate behaviour with ctrl+click or middle-click. The reverse does not.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    A simple checkbox in the settings allows users to choose which option they'd prefer.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    "just add a setting" is generally bad software design. If you have a million toggle switches, it makes it difficult to test the various combinations.

    Sometimes an option is useful enough that it's worth adding to settings. I don't think this is one of them. Just use middle click or Ctrl+click or back arrow.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's overriding my browser preferences. That should not happen.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I found a bunch in Firefox config settings. One was so extreme that on Kbin, refreshing the feed would open a new tab. In Lemmy, nope, didn't work.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Calling BS on that. There is nothing in lemmy's link that would force opening in the same tab. Proof:

    • there is nothing preventing middle-click/shift-click/context menu from actually working as intended
    • there is nothing on the a elements related to that, anyone can see it on every page
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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think that forcing links to create new tabs world be a problem. Links working the default, normal way is a feature, not a bug.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    Links opening in new tabs is the default normal way. Most sites don't send you off their site by default, for obvious reasons. And most feeds won't lose your place in the feed by default, for equally obvious reasons.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They do when you plug in a mouse.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    So now I need to buy a mouse and sit at a desk in order to use Lemmy?

    C'mon. No other site behaves like this. It needs to be fixed.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    "To own a mouse, one must first buy a mouse."

    • Carl Sagan

    Once you've crawled under that hurdle, you buy a hard mouse pad. Mine's steel covered with a thin layer of plastic. Works great on the arm of a couch or just on a pillow.

    Now you can play first person shooters on the couch! Without the horrors of a controller.

    Navigating the web is easier. Everything is easier! It's dreamy. Give it a try sometime.

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