On 04/03/2020 10:00, R.Wieser wrote:
> Roger,
>
>>> Still less handy than having it as the /default/ action though.
>>
>> That's what the middle mouse button is for.
>
> That is what the middle-button does ? Odd, if you ask me. :-p
>
> But thank you.  It prompted me to check what the effect actually is.  It
> turns out that neither yours nor Vascos suggestion work exactly as expected.
>
> Holding CTRL while left-clicking causes the YouTube movie to be opened in
> the same tab, but "closing" the tab causes it to revert to the previous page
> (not really intuitive).
>
> Holding CTRL while middle-clicking causes the YouTube movie to be opened in
> a new tab, /and/ switch to it.
>
> So, I've now got /two/ methods to be able to view a YouTube movie and return
> to my previous selection. :-)
>
> Side question: Do you guys have any idea where these keyboardmouse-button
> combination effects are described ?    Being able to read them for myself
> still beats having to ask for them (here) ...

Rudy,

I don't know where to find a comprehensive listing of all these mouse
chords, but I was just experimenting all possible permutations now and
guess what...

Try shift + middle mouse button. Here it opens the link on a new tab AND
crucially it also changes focus to the newly created tab. :-)

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Vasco Costa

AKA gluon. Enthusiastic about computers, motorsport, science,
technology, traveling and TV series. Yes I'm a bit of a geek.

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