Clicking on link no longer opens a new tab
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Suddenly I've noticed that clicking on a link on a web page or in Gmail opens the new page in the same tab and obliterates the starting page. If the starting page is Gmail, there's not even a back button available on the new page to return to the starting page. I've been unable to find a setting to cause clicking on a link to open in a new tab -- I'm sure I'm missing something!
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@brontodon
Hi, it never does and there is no setting for it at moment but you can use Shift+click as workaround.
There is a feature request about for a long time I but cant find it at moment.Cheers, mib
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@mib2berlin It's strange, because it was working properly for a long time -- ever since I started with Vivaldi, which is at least a year -- and in the last day or two it changed. I thought it might be a problem with Gmail, but there are no settings there for how links are opened.
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@mib2berlin Shift+click doesn't work -- it takes me to the new page in the same tab, without even a Back button to go to the previous page. What's happening here?
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BUT -- it still works properly in Google Chrome. Could this be related to the recent Vivaldi update?
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@brontodon
Hi, may be I miss understand.
You have a mail open in Gmail, click on a link and it open in the same tab?
For me link click with Left Mouse Button (LMB) open in a new tab.
Tested with Vivaldi 3.5.2115.87 (Stable channel) (64-Bit) and snapshot Vivaldi 3.6.2160.3.
Try with RMB context menu, open in new tab.
Check in a guest profile. https://help.vivaldi.com/article/guest-view/
Sometimes extensions act different after Vivaldi update.
Please add your Vivaldi version.Cheers, mib
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My Vivaldi version is 3.5.2115.81 (Stable channel) (64-bit)
It's only happening on one of my computers -- the others are still working normally. I'm wondering if I should try deleting and reinstalling Vivaldi. -
@brontodon
Did you check with a Guest profile?
If it work there you can clean your cache and cookies first in your main profile.
If it still not work then you can make a full reset of Vivaldi.https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/install-update/full-reset-of-vivaldi/
New install of Vivaldi does not overwrite your profile.
Cheers, mib
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I'll try it, thanks.
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I did the full reset and that solved the problem. Thanks!
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