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CowboyTurbo

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Nov 26, 2005
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Beantown, MA
In Safari, when I first turn on the computer, I can hold command and click on a link to open the link in a new tab (same thing as control click, drag/highlight on "open in new tab"). This will work for a while, but then after a few minutes, this command+click on a link will start opening whatever link I click on in a new tab and in a new window. Has anybody else encountered this?

(I posted this same exact question previously in regards to Firefox, but then discovered it occurred with Safari also...)
 

iEdd

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Aug 8, 2005
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New window should be option+command+click. Are you sure you're not bumping anything? Make sure your preferences are set up the same as in the picture:
 

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CowboyTurbo

macrumors member
Original poster
Nov 26, 2005
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Beantown, MA
for some reason, the cmd+shift+click on a new link won't open links from gmail in a new tab. Anybody else have this problem? and yea, I did set my Safari preferences as above.
 

Jay42

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Jul 14, 2005
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Oh man, CMD-SHIFT-CLICK is your friend! I use that all the time! For instance, visit a news site, scan the stories, then cmd-shift-click all the interesting links which open up in other tabs. Then you can CMD-W through them. Well, just wanted to share some of the little things that make me happy.
 
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