Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default
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@slnviv i need to reply to myself regarding this issue:
"and i have to switch back to the tab containing the reader each time" -> this was always a bit tedious because there were some slow UI switches involved. Now i recognized, that i am able to accelerate that a bit by disabling the tab cycler (had it as a list). So after going to the tab forcedly opened in foreground i can now switch back to the opener tab more fastly. -
@Pesala Shame on you, Vivaldi! You could be the best browser. But many users of you really! need! "Open in background" context menu item to be the first in the right-click menu!
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@TSRh said in Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default:
"Open in background" context menu item to be the first in the right-click menu!
I want the ability to reorder Menus.
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There is a lot of complaining in this thread about which way tabs should be opened by default....which to me seems like having an option available in the settings would be the best bet. There should be a drop down in the settings with the following options:
Right-Click New Tab Handling:
- Open Link in New Tab (Foreground) / Open Link in New Background Tab
- Open Link in New Tab (Background) / Open Link in New Foreground Tab
Right now #1 is the behavior and it can't be changed. Let the users decide!
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I really thought I found my browser with all the amazing customization. This has been way to long for a simple option to change. Please email me when this is ready, but wow just provide the option.
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what to do if you're on notebook... you don't even have a mouse... i don't get why development doesn't care about this issue.
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@urfausto said in Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default:
I don't get why development doesn't care about this issue.
That is not the right conclusion to draw. The team is small and there are always lots of things to be done. Although it has a lot of votes and is tagged as Pipeline, it is one of 2,300 feature requests, and only fifth on my list of the most voted for requests.
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@Pesala agree. what i mean is: it is not listed as possible to-do feature. i've seen dev replies in this forum concluding it will never even be discussed.
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@urfausto said in Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default:
i've seen dev replies in this forum concluding it will never even be discussed.
Do you have any source for this claim?
Please see this post by @Gaelle
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I think there is some confusion. I don't think anyone arguing for the default action to open in the background wants this to be the only choice. We just want the option to make it the default for our browser. Please stop acting like this is our goal. It is unproductive. Why would someone asking for a consideration advocate for taking it from others.
Additionally, I believe the general argument is only for the right click context menu as this is the referenced behavior present in other browsers.
I just switched to Vivaldi and I find it absolutely amazing. But I am bewildered that with all of the tiny tweaks available, this isn't an option.
There have been a number of great suggestions so far. I think being able to reorder/customize the right click menu is interesting and could solve more than just this issue. I also think a setting to change the behavior is pretty straight forward. As many people have pointed out, there are plenty of extensions that do this, but it would be better if I didn't have to sacrifice memory for something so basic.
I also understand that there are other methods to accomplish this. I have been trying to use gestures, but it doesn't feel the best and I frequently open a blank tab instead because I missed the link by some small amount. Then half an hour later I check the tab and I guess whatever was supposed to be there is gone forever.
But that is beside the point. I switched to Vivaldi because of the options. Being able to make Vivaldi the perfect browser for you. And how new tabs open is one of the most central aspects of a browser. The fact that we can't fix this one very frequent action feels so grating when everything else is so good.
Thank you for your consideration
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@buzkie said in Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default:
I believe the general argument is only for the right click context menu as this is the referenced behavior present in other browsers.
That is not what this feature request is about.
@kuu said:
I want to simply set it as the default behaviour and not have to use middle click, context menu, or gestures...
Allow Editing of Menus is the top voted feature request, and one of the oldest. Changing the context menu order to match other browsers would break the workflow for current users, which is not a good idea.
Other suggestions in the thread are just workarounds to use while we are waiting for an option in settings. This thread is in the Settings category of feature requests.
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@Pesala lol sorry my bad. i was referring to old posts i've seen by devs but now i've just saw that this feature along some others which i like a lot too have been moved to pipeline. what does this mean? in progress i guess they are already being actively developed.
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Why is this simple request still not added?
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what a weird reason to deny adding something so basic that every browser follows. At least shift the open in background tab as the default first option.
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@EvilSpark As Gaelle said, although it seems simple to add, it has a lot of potential consequences that make it far from a trivial issue.
Although it is a popular request, it is only one of 2,571 current feature requests. The Vivaldi team is small and has to fix bugs and regressions to keep up with Chromium updates, not to mention producing versions for Linux, MacOS, and the Android browser, and a built-in email client.
Again, Allow Editing of Menus is the most voted for feature request, but it is not a trivial undertaking to implement this. It would solve a number of related issues without creating a new one, which simply moving the background option to the top would do.
Vivaldi is not like other browsers, that is why we use it. It has the same roots as Opera 12.18, which has a fully customisable menu.
@EvilSpark said in Option to Open New Tabs in Background as Default:
what a weird reason to deny adding something so basic that every browser follows.
I just checked in FIrefox 75. The default menu there does not even have an option to open a link in a background tab.
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- In order to edit it, one just need to move the function up. It won't even take more than a few minutes to find and do it.
- FIrefox default open in new tab opens in background tab.
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Vivaldi is not like other browsers, that is why we use it.
Not being same does not mean that you just need to make everything different from the basic thing that every browser follow just to make it look unique right? Especially when it hinders the user than to help him. Having multiple options every time is never a good thing.