Ways to right click on an image to instantly "open image in new tab"...

TsunamiZ

Please add options to either double right click or hold down right click for 1 second on an image to instantly "open image in new tab". Also let us choose the default behavior to open in new foreground tab or new background tab. The image right click menu's "open image in new tab" function is used a lot, and this will be an easier and faster way to do it.

[bug reported VB-58254]

luetage

@TsunamiZ I cannot imagine double right click will ever be implemented, but you could request an entry in mouse gestures for it.

TsunamiZ

i want this for double right click, because it is the most efficient way for this.

Pesala

There are images and there are images that are linked.

Right-click, Open Image in New Tab is most efficient for the first type
Right-click, Open Image in New Tab sucks for the second type. Image Properties is no better. Neither commands have access keys.

A command that is assignable to a mouse gesture would work best. Implementing Configurable Middle-click might be another way to go, one could assign middle-click to open images in a foreground or background tab.

luetage

@TsunamiZ That you want this doesn't make it any more likely. A right click opens a context menu on all operating systems. If you would implement it like this, the context menu would appear and then immediately disappear on second click to trigger the command. This simply looks clumsy. Even worse: Users could potentially move their mouse a bit down and trigger a context menu command by accident. A non solution would be to wait after right click for a second click and not showing the context menu at all for a short time, which would break the convention the native operating system uses. It's simply bad design.

A Former User

@luetage If we'd live a “few” years earlier you'd say that a double (left) click is a nonsense because single click is used for another action and you'd have to wait for the short time until you're sure that it's not double click… And I think that context menu is opened by the app, not OS (why would the OS do it, that's something the apps' developers should handle).

Edit: that doesn't mean that I like the double-right-click idea

luetage

@potmeklecbohdan In almost every application you get a context menu on right click and at least on macOS this context menu has exactly the same design as all the other context menus in the operating system. Applications try to behave native and therefore things like standard shortcuts for handling windows, copy/pasting, etc. are the same for all applications. I can only reiterate that it would be bad design to implement double right click and I'm 100% sure the Vivaldi devs won't do it. That's why I mentioned introducing a mouse gesture for this functionality instead would be a working solution.

A Former User

@luetage

at least on macOS this context menu has exactly the same design as all the other context menus in the operating system

That should be thanks to an API (but that can differ)

standard shortcuts for handling windows

That should be a thing of window manager

copy/pasting

Mostly clipboard manager (but e. g. Sublime handles it AFAIK)

I can only reiterate that it would be bad design to implement double right click and I'm 100% sure the Vivaldi devs won't do it. That's why I mentioned introducing a mouse gesture for this functionality instead would be a working solution.

Here I'm of the same opinion.

TsunamiZ

you have to realize that the "open image in new tab" command is context sensitive to when your mouse is on an image. so a double right click on an image is the best method because it keeps the mouse on an image when activating, as well as being the quickest and easiest method. so in comparison, the alternate suggestion of doing it via a mouse gesture is not as good. besides, a double right click function is doable, and vivaldi can already catch a double right click for activating a special context menu on youtube videos. and this is requested as an option, so it is only for people who want it. and it doesn't conflict with anything under normal circumstances, since the right click menu can hide itself after the second click. my idea is solid, and it was already well thought out before i submitted it.

Pesala

@TsunamiZ said:

vivaldi can already catch a double right click for activating a special context menu on youtube videos

It has to show the first context menu on first click before showing the second one on second click.

I don't see what is wrong with a mouse gesture for this.

Double left-click might be made to work, but that could be tricky on image links. A mouse gesture performed over the image would have no such issues.

Modifier key + left-click is also possible, e.g. Alt+Left-click, but that requires two hands.

TsunamiZ

all the alternate suggestions are worse. mouse gesture is worse because it requires more effort to activate, especially in situations where you want to open multiple images in quick succession. i already thought this through before i submitted it, and double right click is absolutely the most efficient and best method. and it is doable, works well with the context sensitive nature of the "open image in new tab" command, and doesn't conflict with anything under normal circumstances, so there is no reason to try so hard to suggest alternatives. and this is requested as an option, so it is only for people who want it.

Pesala

@TsunamiZ said:

doesn't conflict with anything under normal circumstances, so there is no reason to try so hard to suggest alternatives.

We really should not need to try so hard because leutage made it clear in his first reply that it is unlikely to ever be implemented. You should have accepted that as he is an expert in modifying Vivaldi, but you insist that only your suggested method is the most efficient. Since it does conflict with the context menu in all normal circumstances who would want it even as an option, apart from yourself?

Right-clicking twice on a YouTube video shows what an ugly work-around this suggestion would be. I think that the Vivaldi Team could come up with something better.

Your own suggestion for Super Drag and Drop is one such option.

Drag a non-hotlinked image to open the image in a new tab.

Dragging an image to the Tab Bar (left of New Tab icon) in Firefox opens it in a new background tab
Dragging an image to anywhere on the Tab Bar in old or new Opera opens it in a new foreground tab.

TsunamiZ

still, all the alternate suggestions are worse. dragging an image to the tab bar requires more effort to activate, especially in situations where you want to open multiple images in quick succession. and even my "super drag" feature idea has limited use for this, because it only works on non-hotlinked images. so my suggested double right click method is still absolutely the most efficient and best method. there are no better alternatives. as long as the vivaldi devs implement it as i described, then it doesn't conflict with anything under normal circumstances, since the right click menu can hide itself after the second click, and then the image opens in a new tab. it is a totally smooth process. my idea is solid, and i will leave it up to the vivaldi devs to make it happen.

TsunamiZ

updated first post

either double right click or hold down right click for 1 second on an image

tech444

@tsunamiz

I also want open image but hearing you baffles me when you want right-click or mouseclick anywhere to do this task. And then you said mouse gestures was too much effort.

I give up… Let's just hope that one day open image is either a mouse gesture or a keyboard command I don't even care hopefully mouse gesture though.

If it's a keyboard command I will program it into my mouse but please I only wish the ball the would give the option for open image sometimes a lot of times for me I don't want to open the link to see the image I want to blow up the thumbnail instantly. Shame but I never really got your idea and I know by asking the way you are Vivaldi would never listen to that.

But Vivaldi can you hear me can you please give an option for open image on mouse gesture preferably if not give a keyboard command for it

shifte

@tech444 @TsunamiZ
Use AutoHotKey.

↓ If double click

RButton::
   Keywait, RButton, U 
   Keywait, RButton, D T0.3
   If (ErrorLevel=1)
      {
    click right
      }
   else
      {
    click right
    Send, o
      }
   Return

↓ If hold down 1second

RButton::
  KeyWait, RButton, T1
  if (ErrorLevel)
     {
    click right
    Send, o
    Return
    Sleep, 1000
    Return
     }
  click right
  Return

shifte

Add "Sleep 200", one line above "Send, o".

LonM

Hi, Unfortunately the developers have decided to mark this request as "Will not do", which means this request won't be implemented in Vivaldi.