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OrangesOfCourse

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Feb 29, 2008
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Hey everyone,

I had a quick question for you all. I have searched for this but am unable to come up with a suitable answer. I would like to know if its possible for my bookmarks to open in a new tab. Right now when i click on a bookmark like it opens in the same window. I have searched the preferences to no avail.

I'm thinking of moving over to Firefox but i want to wait till its out of beta so i don't have to deal with broken extensions.

Thank you
 
Latro said:
Oranges - You can open any bookmark into a new tab by either clicking on it with your center button (Often your scroll wheel) or with command+click.

This also applies to any link on any page.

Check out an Article I wrote that includes this hint as well as others for Safari.
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Thanks for the quick reply Latro. I already know about those commands but right now on my windows machine i have firefox which allows me to left click on a bookmark and it opens in a new background tab. I'm wondering if there is a setting or a plugin i can use.
 
Maybe I don't completely understand your question. But center click, or command click will open your bookmark in a new tab..

Are you trying to open all your bookmarks with one click? Each in its own tab?
 
Latro said:
Maybe I don't completely understand your question. But center click, or command click will open your bookmark in a new tab..

Are you trying to open all your bookmarks with one click? Each in its own tab?
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I'm sorry... let me try to explain it better.

Lets say i have 3 links in my bookmark bar. Currently i have Google open in my main widow. I want to be able to click on link1 and have it open in a new tab. Then if i wanted i could open link3 in a new tab as well. I'm hoping that this makes a little more sense.

I'm trying to do this with having to use the center click (as i don't have an external mouse) or cmd click.
 
One of only two very big reasons why I do NOT use Safari is because I cannot find a way to set my preferences to automatically open in-page links in a new tab rather than in a new window, without having to hold down the command key. It sounds like this is what you are asking. If so, I would like to know the answer as well.

The other reason I won't use Safari is because there is no way (that I know of) that I can have my bookmarks sidebar always showing a'la Firefox. If anyone knows the answer to that as well, please let me know.
 
OrangesOfCourse said:
Thanks for the quick reply Latro. I already know about those commands but right now on my windows machine i have firefox which allows me to left click on a bookmark and it opens in a new background tab. I'm wondering if there is a setting or a plugin i can use.
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Im confused, what's the difference between Left click, and Center Click? Latro has already answered your question, just center click on the link and it opens in a new tab. Same as Firefox, just a different button.
 
todd2000 said:
Im confused, what's the difference between Left click, and Center Click? Latro has already answered your question, just center click on the link and it opens in a new tab. Same as Firefox, just a different button.
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A left click exists on a MacBook, center click does not.

OrangesOfCourse said:
I'm trying to do this with having to use the center click (as i don't have an external mouse) or cmd click.
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For what it's worth, all of the extensions I use are compatible with Firefox 3b4/3b5 and you can run several versions of Firefox fine so it probably won't hurt to try Firefox 3. :)
 
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