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Show HN: Right Click Opens Link in a Background Tab for Chrome

4 points by Etheryte 4y ago

Right Click Opens Link in a Background Tab is a small productivity extension for Chrome that makes right clicking links open them in a new background tab. There are other similar extensions on the Chrome web store, but all of the ones I tried have bugs. Hence, I built a new one (with new bugs). If you're like me and you have privacy concerns about installing random extensions, I've linked to instructions on how to install extensions from the source. That way you can always be sure that what you see is really what you get.

LunarAurora 4y ago
Might work for some, if you don't have a middle button, and… you don't want to ctrl/cmd click. there is also Long Press New Tab (firefox) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/long_press_new_tab/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/long_press_ne...
- Etheryte 4y ago
  Those are perfectly valid options of course, my rationale was that I don't use a mouse and I want to browse the web with one hand. With modern trackpads you can do everything besides opening links in new tabs with one hand, hence the extension.
  - dvngnt_ 4y ago
    you can on most windows and chromeos laptops. for Mac I downloaded middle click that supports 3 finger click to open in a new tab
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - Leftium 4y ago
    [Vimium] [link hints] support opening links in new (background) tabs with one hand (and no mouse/trackpad!) I forget if it's the default, but my Vimium is configured so f opens a link in the background, and F opens a link in the foreground. You can also choose the current tab. [Vimium]: https://vimium.github.io/ https://vimium.github.io/ [link hints]: https://github.com/philc/vimium/wiki/Using-Link-Hints https://github.com/philc/vimium/wiki/Using-Link-Hints