Forum Discussion
Feature request: Open a Favorite in a New Tab Automatically
Please add an option in settings to open favorites in a new tab by default. For instance, when I select a favorite from the favorites bar, I can right-click and choose to open in a new tab. I wish I could set it to do that by default.
- Whether it is an option in the settings then and not the default use 🙂
- Agree, workarounds are all well and good, happy to learn about the middle mouse button trick, but this should be exposed as a user setting.
- I think this is a very reasonable demand. The middle mouse button is not more comfortable than the left mouse button, and as long as you add a switch, it can meet everyone. I hope the Edge team can add it as soon as possible
Or add an option as there was with Internet Explorer, a small arrow that appears next to the favorites when you hover the mouse over it
And we would have the choice where to open the favorites, in the existing page if we click on the Favorites or if we click on the small arrow (or other symbol) it opens in a new tab- I agree. The workarounds mentioned here are interesting, but the request is to have a setting to make this a default option not one needing a middle click/right click or other.
Old IE had it, FF has it, others have it, Edge needs it. - It's really a mess. Firefox can do this, Vivaldi can do this. Edge can't? It's a basic feature! Please add the ability, if you want as an optional switch.
- Quite agree. Firefox allows this and it is logical, too. Currently, I use a Chrome extension, Quick Bookmarks, to achieve this as it's an option there. But why do I need to resort to an extension? I'm looking at a tab with lots of information and when I do the normal thing and left click on a bookmark/favourite, I don't want to overwrite the current tab. I don't want to have to think, oh yes, for this, I have to press a different mouse button than usual, or press ctrl as well. Please just make it an option, then those users who prefer to middle-click, or press ctrl or alt, or whatever combination is currently mandatory, whilst clicking, can continue to do so. Thank you.
- This is what i need most.
Clicking your mouse wheel, its '3rd button, does that. Of course, it doesn't or wouldn't make sense, were it the case, but... just open the desired Favorite by tapping your mouse-wheel & and it will be another tab 😊.
Cheers,
DrewDoesn't really help those of us who don't always have a mouse with us.
When I'm on my laptop, I have my mouse. When using my tablet, there's no keyboard or mouse. I need to be able to tap and open in a new tab without the hassle of a long press and additional tap. Option is still needed, not a work-around on how to do it with a wheeled mouse. Not everyone is at a desktop all the time, and Edge needs to meet everyone's needs. It's why I'm testing with different hardware from most testers.
Drew1903 The OP gave your reply as something that they already do, so your reply wasn't really helpful. However I did learn something - click your mouse's scroll wheel to open in new tab. Whoop Whoop!
