For the love of God, please make links open in a new window!

Markiemark70
Markiemark70 Posts: 103
edited April 2010 in Technical Stuff and Help
OK, maybe a tad dramatic. But this has always been my pet peeve about the forums. Everytime I click a link to an outside page, I have to click Back to get back to the forums. This is the only forum I read that has this issue. Please admins, tell your webmaster to change this, for the love of all that is holy!!!
;)
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  • Pontikas
    Pontikas Posts: 210
    If you right click and select : open in new tab OR open in new window you can avoid this.

    However, if you press alt + f4 on your keyboard you can temporarily format the webpage so that you don't have to right click...
    http://youtu.be/cwPgXkNOun4
  • WashMyLove
    WashMyLove Posts: 804
    Pontikas wrote:
    If you right click and select : open in new tab OR open in new window you can avoid this.

    However, if you press alt + f4 on your keyboard you can temporarily format the webpage so that you don't have to right click...

    Will try that. Thanks.
  • like.echoes
    like.echoes Posts: 582
    Markiemark70 wrote:
    OK, maybe a tad dramatic. But this has always been my pet peeve about the forums. Everytime I click a link to an outside page, I have to click Back to get back to the forums. This is the only forum I read that has this issue. Please admins, tell your webmaster to change this, for the love of all that is holy!!!
    ;)

    omg, i couldn't agree more, this drives me nuts!
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    You can also middle click if you have a mouse wheel, but the point is you shouldn't have to.
    At this stage links opening in a separate tab is a basic point in web design that should always be followed.
    It really bugs me too.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Technical Stuff and Help


    signed,
    the board police
  • michelleelise
    michelleelise Posts: 346
    Yes, please!
    http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/links-o ... w-windows/


    And, topic previews, too :D

    http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... ic+preview
  • michelleelise
    michelleelise Posts: 346
    ^
    BTW, those links are for the mods, not the users :)
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    shiningstar wrote:
    Technical Stuff and Help


    signed,
    the board police
    pfft, like anyone ever reads that forum. Mods included ;)
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • TravisTheSky
    TravisTheSky Posts: 615
    That would be nice, but remember all those months when member profiles were not viewable? I think this forum has a lot of issues.

    The pet mouse forum I visit uses the same format. It opens links in tabs. BUT it also has a microscopic percentage of this forum's users!
    "May you live in interesting times."
  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    If you press shift at the same time as clicking the link, it will open up in a new window. :D
    http://giventoart.blogspot.com.au
  • Markiemark70
    Markiemark70 Posts: 103
    stardust1976 wrote:
    If you press shift at the same time as clicking the link, it will open up in a new window. :D

    Hey thanks for that (although I still think they should fix it) but I also just noticed that if I hold ALT while clicking it opens in a new tab.
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Click in the middle of your mouse on the link or press ctrl + left click on the link.

    Computer novices :)
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I've noticed that Firefox has removed right-clicking for a number of things I used to used it for, but now if I click-and-hold on a link, and drag it to the tabs bar above, it automatically opens it in a new tab.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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