Open new tab (or window) for external links.

[Peter W. Meek]

Many sites have a feature I like: when clicking on a link which leads to an external site, the page opens in a new tab (since tabbed browsers have become the standard; they used to open in a new window). This preserves my location on the original site (FTLOP in this case) and lets me go back to what I was doing after reading the external article. I know I can right-click and CHOOSE to do this, but I frequently forget.

[Roy Hersh]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will mention it to David and Stewart and see if this can be something they can achieve.

Much appreciated.

Roy

[Roy Hersh]

OK, I checked w/ David and he thinks this should be doable and will be checking into it Peter. Thanks again for the idea!

[Tom D.]

Sorry if you already know this. You can open the link by right click and <Open in New Tab> instead of left-click.

[Carl D]

Sorry if you already know this. You can open the link by right click and <Open in New Tab> instead of left-click.

You can also simply Ctrl+Click to open in a new tab, or Ctrl+Shift+Click to open in a new tab and switch to that tab.

[Peter W. Meek]

As I said, I know I can force it, but I frequently forget to do so. It is a nice feature to make it happen automatically, as it reminds us that the new site is NOT a part of FTLOP.

I've even seen some sites that pop up a warning box requiring you to acknowledge that you realize you are leaving the original site, but I don't think we need that level of "protection" here.

[Tom D.]

As I said, I know I can force it...

Oops, upon further review, you did say that. Combination of senility, poor vision, and haste on my part

[Peter W. Meek]

Oops, upon further review, you did say that. Combination of senility, poor vision, and haste on my part

Yep, that's exactly how I forget to force a new tab.

[Miguel Simoes]

:) I too would appreciate the automatic "open new tab" feature. have found myself forgetting to force it plenty of times!

[David Spriggs]

I made the changes necessary to open links external to the forum to open in a new window. Let me know if you have any problems with it. Thanks for the suggestion!

[Carl D]

I made the changes necessary to open links external to the forum to open in a new window. Let me know if you have any problems with it. Thanks for the suggestion!

Works beautifully - thanks!

[Miguel Simoes]

Thank you David!

[Peter W. Meek]

Yep, it works just fine. This will make Roy's one-line-wonders (bare links with very little supporting text) much easier to follow. Thanks.

[Roy Hersh]

Maybe.