Comment on Why does lemmy have it, so any link takes you off the page instead of opening in a new window?

RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• slampisko@czech-lemmy.eu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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.

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• JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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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  • emax_gomax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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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    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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      • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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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    • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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      • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What browser preference is this, exactly? I’m not aware of any browser having a setting to open every single link in a new tab.

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  • cley_faye@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Please tell me how to open a link with target=_blank in the same tab if I want to.

    Or, maybe you think that the problem should not exist because you think your opinion is everyone’s?

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  • Kissaki@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Everyone knows the various workarounds.

    You have no idea what “everyone” knows. Because many - and I’m certain most - don’t.

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  • callyral@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My laptop has middle click on the touchpad

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    • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mine doesn’t but I’ve found an option to switch three-finger click to middle mouse button. Thanks.

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  • TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ctrl + Click

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  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They do when you plug in a mouse.

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    • JoBo@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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

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  • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Most laptops have gestures like triple finger tap on the mouse pad for simulated wheel click

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  • snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This thread is about a problem that ought not to exist. Exactly

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• cubedsteaks@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m aware of this and do this but its annoying when it could just open a new link away from Lemmy because so much of being on a lemmy instance for some reason involves me keeping Lemmy in one tab so I stay logged in… because if I leave… then I have to sign back in again.

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