Stop links opening in new tab
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I think since the latest update, whenever I click a link a link it now opens a new tab. I have looked in preferences to disable this, however I cannot find the relevant setting. Other than that I have no issues with the browser.
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There is a setting that makes bookmarks open in a new tab, but that does not affect links.
If the code for the link contains ':link[target="_blank"]' then the link will open in a new tab. To prevent that, you could use Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey with a script from Greasyfork to turn target="_blank" into target-"_self". That forces the link to open in the same tab since "self" is the default. -
@tandemborwn I don't have MacOS, but what does right-click, Open Link do?
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@Pesala That was a good suggestion. If I right click I can select 'open link' it opens the link in the same window. Pretty bogus that I have to do that though. Surely it would make sense to open in the same tab by default.
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@tandemborwn said in Stop links opening in new tab:
Surely it would make sense to open in the same tab by default.
No, it depends on how the link target is set. If it is set to "new window" then the link should open in a new tab. Opera 12.18 has an option to "Reuse Current Tab," to override the website settings. That would make sense, but changing the way that the website is coded by default does not.
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