LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank");

Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by windsurfer on Sunday December 21, 2008 @12:54PM (#405529)

You complain about having to perform some arcane action to open a new tab, but in most operating systems, if you press left+right mouse buttons at the same time, it is interpreted as a middle-click.

Also, in firefox, ctrl+enter opens a highlighted link in a new tab while keeping the current tab open. ctrl+shift+enter to open and focus the new tab.

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Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by iron_ball on Sunday December 21, 2008 @12:57PM (#405532)

For the other three Opera users on HN, it's the same behavior but reversed: shift-click (or shift-enter if you use shift-arrow navigation) opens in a focused new tab; ctrl-shift-click opens the new tab but sends it to the background for later.

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Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by daleharvey on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:03PM (#405538)

15 key presses to open the top story in a new window?

ctrl+shift+press link does the same, but is pretty much as inconvenient than right click -> open in new tab

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Re:LinksOnHN[n].setAttribute('target',"_blank"); by bosky101 on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:01PM (#405536)

doh! ctr+enter opens a terminal for a lot of developers :)

i agree middle button works out best, but that said - a lot of laptop users also dont carry a spare mouse, and "trying to click left and right" on the laptop sort of breaks the flow.

other advantages? ... keeps the index of HN links on one tab the whole day,links opens in new tabs.

it's also a question of "can i eliminate the need of a mouse"

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