Safari: How to force CMD+click to always open link in a new tab?

[leeuk321]

I was just wondering if there's any way to force Safari to always open a link in a new tab when you CMD+click on a link?

I know that this can be set as standard behaviour in settings, but the problem is that for some reason whichever genius wrote HTML or JavaScript or whatever decided to allow a behaviour where web developers could force CMD+click to simply open a link in the same tab (or ignore user browser behaviour, whatever). And then of course you have to go back, manually CTRL+click on the link, choose "Open Link New Tab" from the menu, and click. Rinse, repeat, until the end of time. It's frustrating.

If someone has a solution to this royal fudge-up of browsing it would be eternally appreciated!

 

[bob_zz123]

It is very annoying. There's not a lot you can do about it without a browser extension. I use "Stop The Madness" to reduce this and a lot more annoyances. Not free but £15 well spent - https://underpassapp.com/StopTheMadness/

 

[Fishrrman]

"I was just wondering if there's any way to force Safari to always open a link in a new tab"

Hmmm...
Why not just (either) control-click or right-click on the link, and then choose "open in a new tab" from the contextual menu?

Personal experience:
I can't stand tabs (I'm morally opposed to them, heh).
Instead, I almost ALWAYS right-click and choose "open in a new WINDOW".
Works for me.