Closed Bug 85169 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

[RFE] Shift-click should open new browser window

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: petko, Assigned: mpt)

References

Details

(Keywords: access)

Shift-click should open new browser window. Maybe an option of either saving target as it is now vs. opening new browser window should be fine.
Shift-click should open new browser window. Maybe an option of 'saving target as...' as it is now vs. opening new browser window should be fine.
Ctrl + click does the job as well (opening link in new window) Shift + click is IE's method. Implementing this would help entice IE users.
You can use CTRL+click to open a link in a new window.
You can right-click a link and select Open Link in New Window. You can middle-click a link. What's the problem? Shift-click saves the link to disk, as it should.
Problem is that I have 2 button mouse with wheel and middle click (clicking the wheel) opens the new window which is contrary to bug #22775.
Marking NEW.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: access
Summary: Shift-click should open new browser window → [RFE] Shift-click should open new browser window
We already had this debate. A long one. However, I have a great idea for settling this. PREFERENCES!!!!! I recommend we have a new category under Advanced called "Modified Clicking". Matthew, please provide some ascii for this.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Navigator Preferences :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +-----------------+-+ Modified Clicking :::::::::::::::::::::::::: | | | Languages | | | | | Identity | | ( ) I like pegboard games Sh. Sh. | | | Connection | | + + | | | Helper Apps | | Sh. Ct. Ct. Alt Alt | | | Start Pages | | Open in New Window ( ) (*) ( ) ( ) ( ) | | | Appearance | | Open behind current ( ) ( ) (*) ( ) ( ) | | | Accessibility | | Select text (*) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) | | | Fonts | | Save Link ( ) ( ) ( ) (*) ( ) | | | Colors&Effects | | Copy Link Address ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (*) | | | Multimedia | | Bookmark Link ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) | | | Scripts&Windows| | Link Properties ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) | | | Privacy | | | | | History&Cache | | (*) Stop this browser, I want to get off | | |::Modified:Cli...| | | | +-----------------+-+ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: | | | | [?] ( Cancel ) (( OK )) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
lol
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
*** Bug 72442 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 150234 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
See also bug 165584, "change default pref for Ctrl+Enter to open page in new tab".
*** Bug 175498 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Component: User Interface Design → Browser-General
Phoenix makes shift+click open in a new window and ctrl+click open in a new tab. I like it.
Right now, shift+click on a link will open a new window in MSIE 6 (don't know about MSIE 5), Firefox 0.8 and Opera 7.x. Shift+click in Mozilla will open a "Save As" dialog window: AFAIK, this is undocumented (at least I can find this in the help content documents). I wish I could at least configure how shift+click would work. In K-meleon 0.8.2, one can edit the accel.cfg accordingly for this SHIFT LButton = ID_OPEN_LINK_IN_NEW_WINDOW or SHIFT LBUTTON = ID_OPEN_LINK_IN_BACKGROUND I think consistency across browsers (de facto browser standard) or configurability of such mouse shortcut should be achieved here. My 2 cents
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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