How to Open Links in Background Tabs in Opera?
Many of our readers have complained over time that we have not been covering Opera, and like always we do listen to you, in the previous Opera tip we had covered how you can get a StumbleUpon toolbar for Opera.
In this tip we will talk about a usability experience which irks many users (including us) where Opera always opens a tab in the foreground, where Opera .
There are basically two ways in which you can open a new tab in the background, without stealing focus from the current tab.
Key Combinations: Ctrl + Shift + Mouse click combination opens a link in a new background tab. You can also Shift + Mouse click combination to open the link in a new foreground tab.
Mouse Right Click: Another way to open a link in the background is by right clicking on the link and selecting Open in Background Tab.
Pallab
August 26th, 2008 at 3:49 am #
Another way is to use middle click (middle click behaviour can be set from Tools–>Pref–>Advanced–>Shortcuts.
I rarely use the key combo. Most of the time its middle click or the rt click context menu.
Btw, fix this :
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markviduk
August 26th, 2008 at 7:22 am #
thanks for your info
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Mr. M
December 6th, 2008 at 3:21 am #
I use Opera and the fact that tabs always open in front of the page you are viewing is really annoying.
I have to use the keyboard shortcut for two reasons, (which amount to the same – I use a MacBookPro, OSX occasionally with the wireless mouse). The middle button is set for showing all windows. Or, I use the trackpad, which doesn’t have a middle button.
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Fletch
March 20th, 2009 at 6:53 am #
Just trying Opera for the first time in years and I really like it, but this is a serious usability problem. Ctrl-click should open in background tab like on FF and IE. Obviously users are going to be coming from those browsers and used to this behaviour. Why have shift-click and ctrl-click do exactly the same thing, and have to press both buttons for the most logical/best behaviour?
I tried to reassign the keys in the menu described above but it was too complicated for me.
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Arwin
May 7th, 2009 at 7:28 am #
Right-click current tab, and choose create follower-tab. This opens a background tab. Any links you click in the current tab will open in the follower tab.
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