Opening Links in a New Tab or Window

Most browsers will give you the option of opening a link in a new tab or window if you Right-Click on the link. For Touch Screens and single-button mice the same effect can usually be achieved by a Long-Click or Long-Touch.

However this is slow and cumbersome so browsers that are used with a keyboard have shortcuts that have the same effect. Unfortunately these shortcuts vary between browsers. To help you out a guide chart to the proper shortcut for those browsers I have information for is shown below.

Some browsers may also allow you to change them or activate a mode where all links open in new windows. So this chart is shows the default behaviour only - if you have changed it I'm afraid you are on your own!

Browser	Version	Open New Tab in Background	Open New Tab in Foreground	Open New Window
Firefox	All (?)	Control + Click	Control + Shift + Click	Shift + Click
Internet Explorer	All (?)	Control + Click	Control + Shift + Click	Shift + Click
Chrome	All (?)	Control + Click	Control + Shift + Click	Shift + Click
Opera	All (?)	Control + Shift + Click	Control + Click	(N/A)
Safari	All (?)	Control + Click	Control + Shift + Click	Control + Shift + Alt + Click