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Edge how to Always open favorites in new tab?
here's my version, just done minutes ago: Version 121.0.2277.112 (Official build) (64-bit)
All still working, and even links out of folders, so not sure why the difference.
all I can suggest is to make sure you have the command line edit correct (what you read here may need to different on your machine depending on the specific folders, ie: x86 or not, drive letter, etc. Once I got my exactly right (spaces vs no spaces as I described above), I've had it working 98% of the time, and a quick complete shut down restart of Edge fixes it every time it disappears. Working on all 3 of my computers now. Good Luck!
- For now I press the CTRL key before pressing the favorite
Right now there are 2 things you can do.
1. If you have a middle wheel on your mouse, pressing down on it while hovering over the Fav icon will open it in a new tab.
2. Right clicking on it will bring up a menu which you can choose the top item which is open in new tab...That is it for now as I believe they are working on it. At least that is what I've been told...
Dennis5mile
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P.S. This Macro stolen from @Allen- I'm trying to use edge as my main browser. But it is impossible for me to open favorites that are not in folders in a new tab... I see that it is a generalized bug. If anyone knows the solution or with which specific version of edge it works, I would be very grateful.
Jawzzy Things have changed since my original post. I use folders extensively for organization and back then there was no difference where the shortcut was stored. Apparently now, I checked, shortcuts in folders do open in a new tab.
yes, the picture was from my "manage favorites" page, but that was only to show how I had created my favorites setup. I still do open from the bar itself as seen here.
- Thanks. I feel less alone 🙂
Just wait for them to fix the problem - I have the same problem as you and it has been reported and they are looking into it.
As for Jawzzy you are opening your fav's from the bar, but you are doing through the "Manage Favorites" page, which all favorites do open to a new tab. But if you try from the bar without doing through the "manage favorites" page, the Favorites not in a folder on the bar do not open in a new tab. Only favorites within a folder on the favorites bar open in a new tab...
Dennis5mile all I can think of is we have our Favorites set up differently. I've always had mine in their own Favorites folder FIRST, then I put everything in there. The only one I leave outside in for Bing, which I hardly ever use, but it does still work with opening new tab. And as said, ALL shortcuts in folders and on their own in my Favorites folder open in a new tab. Other than that, I have no idea why yours is different. It's not surprising that both work and home do the same thing, as Edge syncs everything the same.
and here you can see that only the Favorites folder and the Bing shortcut is all I show on my Favorite Bar.
I know what you mean by having it by default in the settings with no edits, but once you do get the edit working, it shows up in settings!
How is this still not a thing in the settings? I mean it's such a basic feature. Every single time I see a post on Twitter from MS saying how user-friendly Edge is blah blah, I ask them about this and they never respond. It's quite pathetic really.
