LongClick New Tab
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Open links as background tabs by clicking links and holding for a half second.
This extension enabled opening links in a new tab with one button. When installed a long click on a link (½ second) will cause it to open in a new background tab.
This is an alternative to "middle-click" or "right-click->new tab" which is especially useful when using it on button-less laptops (Macbook) or laptops with only two buttons.
Note: This should work on all sites, please contact me at [email protected] if you notice any issues.
Update 2.1
- [Known Issue] Facebook and Google Reader and some other sites open the clicked link in current window after long click. Workaround is to click and drag off after new tab has opened.
- [Bug] Fixed issue with right click was not working or was opening a new background tab
Update 2.0
- [Improvement] Reduced memory and improved performance (removed jQuery)
- [Bug] Improves compatibility for images and some other links
- [Bug] Stops some sites from opening link in current window (Facebook and Reader still have this issue)
Update 1.2
- [Improvement] Decreases memory usage
- [Improvement] Increases performance
- [Bug] Improves compatibility
Latest reviews
- Roberto Ritchie
- I thought that it didn't work, but then I realized that the following was happening: If I long click on a link THAT IS ALREADY CONFIGURED TO OPEN IN A NEW TAB, nothing happens.
- Kousuke/eki M
- not work
- Shmuel
- Not working at all
- Kenta
- リンクを長押しすると新規タブでリンク先を表示してはくれますが、現在のタブでも表示されてしまいます。一応、タブが開いた後に微妙にマウスの位置をずらすことで回避できますが、面倒です。 特定のページでのみこうなるようなので、そのページのみ拡張機能の動作を無効にできたりすればいいのですが、設定項目等は全くありません・・・
- Dariusz daroc
- No options at all. Opens link in new tab in background AND in current tab. Useless.
- Mike Cleveland
- This no longer works, and the developer (who was kind enough to respond when I said it wasn't working) said he does not support this any more. This was as of April 17, 2021.
- Дима
- в чом ее смысл если она открывает сылку тут же которую нужно открыть в фоновом режиме
- a n
- It opens the page in the background, but also opens the same page in the foreground. Useless.
- Emilio De Luca
- Excelente!
- Максим Белов
- Бесполезное расширение, кроме новой вкладки загружается нажатая ссылка в этой же вкладке, в которой нажал...
- Scott
- Works great at Walmart.ca. That page keeps throwing to the bottom when I go back to the previous page.
- Yuhua Deng
- use with Switch To New Tab. that's perfect
- Андрей Б.
- При нажатии, кроме новой вкладки загружается нажатая ссылка в этой же вкладке, в которой нажал.
- Luis Santos
- It works, but it open the link in the current window too. You have to move the mouse to make the link not open on current tab, which is very annoying.
- Niall Quirke
- Class! loved it! Just really wanted an option to make double clicking open links in new tabs so ended up making one myself, try it out if you like.. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/doubleclicker/kdfhgamfoobfingdhklhmjpbgflibeng
- I. M. Cuesta
- In some sites, like duckduckgo, the new tab opens in the background but also in the current tab. So you'll end with duplicated tabs. I won't use the extension until that's fixed, but then this will be an essential.
- sandeep malla
- the feature works very well.hope u guys develop new features
- Jack Z
- Doesn't work at all. I can long click all day and the link opens only in the same tab.
- Naeem Yudeh
- Doesnt work
- Sébastien Lavoie
- Simple and effective. Works exactly as it should!
- TS Godman
- WOW, what a time saver, well done lads
- Valter Kabas
- it opens the link in new background tab, but also opens the same link in current tab.
- Anonymous
- This one works, most others don't.
- henry reese
- does what it says. usually, on laptop most people tap rather than click, so maybe a double tap instead of long click??
- Anonymous
- It does what it says it does. Makes browsing the internet with a touch pad a lot easier.
- Crispy Critter
- works
- Anonymous
- great extension opens link in new unfocused tab. only two problems: Ext doesn't ignore click-and-drag, such as when dragging links to other applications. Also, it doesn't work in gMail.
- Sophie
- works fine but it happens very often that i open the link in the new tab and in the current...
- Yan Lilison
- not working on macbook air 2014
- Senya Shlosman
- For me, it opens two new identical tabs instead of one. How to correct it?
- Aksan
- it opens the link in new background tab, but also opens the same link in current tab. that's not good :/ also there's should be an option to adjust how long you should hold your mouse, 0,5 is too long for some people
- Sublime Satoshi
- Very practical，thank you.
- Jay Dresser
- It works, but it does EXACTLY the same thing as middle-click of link, so it does not seem to add any value to me.
- JOSE SASTRE
- maravilloso para mi de los 5 mejores
- Parker Fairfield
- I was looking for Google Toolbox - but I guess its gone. Then I installed a competitive Extension - (Click to Tab!) but didn't like that I could not really control LEFT click. This works perfectly. Hold the LEFT CLICK a little longer, and it spawns a new tab. Awesome - thanks FEATURE REQUEST: There's need out there for DOUBLE CLICK DELETES TAB - maybe you can add that feature next?
- Giandomenico Ciociano
- Usually opens the linked page in background AND into active windows. Opera does this better.
- Eduardo Griever
- terrible, does not work properly, long click works but open link on the same page too. does not work in other sites.