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Open in new tab by Ramkumar K R

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  • by Nocturnus, 4 years ago
    Ramkumar K R, this add-on is abandoned? on YouTube comments when you click on View Replies it opens a blank page and more comments are not shown. Can you fix it?
  • by John Corliss, 6 years ago
    Works pretty well exept on some Mozilla pages, author could explain how to use the extension a little better. Would get higher ratings if (s)he did so.
  • by Carlin, 6 years ago
    It's almost as simple as can be, but I wish it opened the tabs in the background, respecting the setting I have in my Firefox options.
  • by Firefox user 13173279, 7 years ago
    It works, but still can't open history in new tab
  • by GeorgeA, 7 years ago
    Hi, thank you for all your work with the Addon.

    However, even though I added a "*" for the Hostname..... I was sad to see that this did not then extend to bookmarks. I would so love to open bookmarks as well as everything else, in a new tab. I've no idea why Mozilla don't think this is important.

    Sadly though, adding "*" does not have this effect, and the page you are currently reading, still get's spoiled by the bookmark link you've just clicked on, when it would be so much better if it opened a new tab.

    Can this be done? Thanks though.
  • by Latheos, 7 years ago
    This is a reasonable workaround for the old option available from legacy TabMixPlus, but there are some sites that I don't want this enabled, like banking websites. Is there any plan in the future to have a n exclusion list for this extension? Or is there a way to set it up to do something like "all except for x"?
  • by csx, 7 years ago
    This is very useful, especially with the * wildcard. :-) Maybe that should be a switchable default option.

    Update:
    I wanted to open bookmarks always in new tabs, didn't realize there's a config option for this. Setting "browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs" seems to do the trick for me. (Now why isn't this a visible option in the config UI?)

    (Earlier version of this comment asked for this extension to support this. Not needed, obviously!)
  • by glibglob, 8 years ago
    hey there, i know things are limited now but i have a feature request. i have * set so all links open in new tab. i was wondering if these could be implemented.
    options
    1) white icon
    2) open in background
    3) open at end of tabs

    thanks

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    Hi,

    I spent some time on your suggestions and for possible workarounds if available

    1. white icon - It is not difficult to have the user select a white background in the icon from settings. I have created a issue on my github repository to keep a track on this.
    Link - https://github.com/ramkumar-kr/open-in-new-tab/issues/2

    2. open in background - There are two ways for this -

    a. "Bad" Workaround - Overriding a browser configuration in about:config - You can change the browser behavior to open all links which open in a new tab in the background by setting the
    "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" config to true.
    More info on - https://stackoverflow.com/q/7386208

    b. Using the "tabs" API of webextensions - This would require an almost complete rewrite of the extension and can break a number of websites. I would like to use the tabs API but it will take a long time to iron out all the bugs and release it.

    3. open at the end of tabs - This is also possible using the tabs API and as I said in 2(b), it will take a long time for me to have this feature.

    Thanks,
  • by Rob C, 8 years ago
    Works fine as stated. I would suggest to implement an "ALWAYS open in new tab" option with, maybe, a list of URLs not to open in a new tab (i.e. the opposite of what the extension is doing at the moment).

    I must admit that enabling it for the most-visited URLs may actually be enough, it's too early to tell, but I have grown accustomed to this behaviour thanks to TabMixPlus - I *hate* having to use the middle mous button to open in a new tab.

    Helpful extension!

    Developer response

    posted 8 years ago
    Hi,
    Thanks a lot for trying out the extension.
    I thought about your suggestion on "never open in new tab" and felt that it would be better if there was a separate extension which does the job.

    Can you help me by providing some examples where you don't want sites to open a new tab? Surprisingly, I haven't come across any sites apart from amazon (which opens links in new tab in a product listing page)

    Thanks,
    Ramkumar K R