Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default

[svivaldi]

It seems that this function is still not implemented yet? 2021.07

[svivaldi]

@pesala See Settings, Tabs, Tab Display, Tab Options:
I didn't find：New Tab from Link Opens in Background.

Open New Tabs in Background，Is this setting changed or cancelled?
I want new tabs in the web page to be opened in the background (without using the middle button or gestures), instead of automatically redirecting to open

[Pesala]

@svivaldi said

I didn't find: New Tab from Link Opens in Background.

It is checked in your screenshot, under New Tab Position.

[greybeard]

@kuu This is exactly the behaviour I do not want and one of the reasons I've used it since its Alpha stage.
But if V goes that route, as long as they give the Option to change it, I guess I can live with it.

[svivaldi]

@pesala Right-click, the menu to select a new tab to open is not what I need.
What I need is to click on the left button and the new link will open in the background (no redirect).
For example, www.baidu.com, the search results are opened in the background instead of automatically jumping to a new tab. This feature is very useful for opening multiple links at once.
Why don't I use the gesture background to open the link?
Because v's built-in gesture function is not perfect
I used smartup, but dragging left and right to open the link is invalid (chrome can), smartup can only drag up and down to open the link. Dragging up and down to open the link is not convenient to use (mouse left and right is easier and more comfortable than moving up and down), so I want to be able to click the link and open it in the background. I also tried linkblanker, but linkblanker can't judge whether it needs to be opened in the background. I want the web page to determine whether to open a new tab, but if you open a new tab, the new tab will be opened in the background instead of automatically jumping to the new tab

[mib2berlin]

@svivaldi
Hi, it depends on the web designer to set up open page in background.

As workaround you can use middle mouse click (Scroll wheel), it is as fast as left mouse click, I use it for years with any browser.

Cheers, mib

[Komposten]

@svivaldi said in Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default:

I used smartup, but dragging left and right to open the link is invalid (chrome can)

There is a setting you can change to make links draggable left/right instead of selecting the text. Can't remember what it's called, though.

[hlehyaric]

@komposten Settings | Webpages & untick Allow Text Selection in Links.

[svivaldi]

@hlehyaric Thank you very much for your advice, my problem is solved

[svivaldi]

@komposten Thank you very much for your reply

[Vinick]

YEAHHHHHHHHH NEW TAB, THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!

[Jesper1962]

@Pesala @gaelle

Hi there. I don't see the problem.
Let's take an example.
It's morning and you're sitting with the coffe and want to check the latest news from your favorite news provider.
You want to open every interesting headline you find on the main page.
But you doin't want to read them just now. You want to go over the main page and collect the news items of your interest.
If you do that, you'll have an eternal switching back to the main page.
It's actually a nowbrainer. You either click on a link or you click to open in another tap. This would signal that you want to preserve the original tab and what would be more straight forward and logic than to deduct that you want to stay on the original tab (in this case the news main page).

To your words about getting too many tabs. No! No! No! Once you've scanned through that main page, you kill that one and start reading the news items you selected. Once read you kill that one as well and end up with an empty cup of coffee and an empty web browser. This argument with too many tabs makes no sense (to me). If you don't think your unit can manage "all these tabs" why have tabs in the first place. also, it's very easy to see how any browser just dumps the content and only loads the content when you bring the tab in question into focus.

I hope this can contribute to you guys look at this from another viewpoint.

At the very least make it possible to chose automatic opening in the background in the setup.

It's called freedom of choice as opposed to thinking one knows what's best for everybody and the just impose it.

[peefy]

@Jesper1962 I agree! please add this

At the very least make it possible to chose automatic opening in the background in the setup.

It's called freedom of choice as opposed to thinking one knows what's best for everybody and the just impose it.

[peefy]

@mib2berlin
I haven't used a mouse for ages:
Many people only use laptops with touchpads... no middle mouse button on those devices ...
So opening external links in background with left mouse button is huge useability improvement for laptop-touchpad users.

[mib2berlin]

@peefy
Hi, my laptop has two buttons, if I click both it is middle mouse click but I have my mouse always in my bag anyway.

I have no idea why this is not implemented since years, there are three ways to open new tabs in the background, cant be to hard to reach an already implemented function wit a fourth.

Cheers, mib

[barbudo2005]

@peefy

Try this extension "Tab Position Options":

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-position-options/fjccjnfkdkdmjohojoggodkigkjkkjhl

[Jesper1962]

@Jesper1962 (Myself).
Gotta start proofreading again.
so many typos...
Sorry about that guys.

[peefy]

@barbudo2005 thank you for your suggestion.

I try not to use extensions, that is my primary reason to use vivaldi.

With chrome etc. I would need 10 or 20 extensions to achieve what vivaldi does.

Adding this feature as an option to left click (which already exists on right click btw) would be the optimal solution

[Pesala]

@peefy As gaelle explained, opening links in the background by default would cause problems on some sites.

We all understand the benefits of opening search results in the background, but that is not the only scenario.

It is better to use a mouse gesture or the right-click menu to decide how to open links. These are what I use:

• GestureUp = Open Link in New Tab (Over a Link)
• GestureDown = Open Link in Background Tab (Over a Link)

[peefy]

@Pesala Thanks for your remark.
Of course the "open in external page on left-click" is in some cases not optimal, but for that reason it should be an option, not a default.

I only use a touchpad , not a mouse, so middle-clicks or mouse gestures are not practical for me (or often even not possible)

Because we suggest it only as an option, it would not derange people who love to use gestures or middle mouse clicks, they can continue to do that.