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18 Jul 14 - 06:54 PM (#3643263) Subject: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Mr Red discovered this 6 months or more ago. Not sure when it became usable. But if you centre click on a hyperlink it opens that page in a new tab or window. (Most websites anyway) The way I set up FireFox portable it means I can carry on reading the thread list (eg) while the selected thread(s) are loading. Been meaning to share this wheeze with the community. Enjoy. |
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18 Jul 14 - 07:32 PM (#3643266) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST System MAC WIN UNIX (versions aka date) Browser ...Chrome... Explorer....Firefox (version?) You are posting information, of value...but what is your audience.? |
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18 Jul 14 - 07:45 PM (#3643269) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST,Ed if you centre click on a hyperlink it opens that page in a new tab Ermmm, it been doing that for 10 years at least... Do you want a prize? |
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18 Jul 14 - 07:55 PM (#3643273) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST,Ed OK, ten years might be an exaggeration, but certainly eight: "in Internet Explorer 7, you can middle-click a link to open the link" |
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18 Jul 14 - 08:30 PM (#3643282) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Tootler Guest Ed. Just because you've known it for 10 years or even 7 doesn't mean everyone knows. It's not something I've seen widely broadcast, so I reckon there are a lot who don't know about it. |
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18 Jul 14 - 09:13 PM (#3643294) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST I didn't know about it. I've been using right-click to select "open in new tab" dozens of times each day. Thank you, Mr Red. |
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19 Jul 14 - 04:22 AM (#3643334) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Stanron "I didn't know about it. I've been using right-click to select "open in new tab" dozens of times each day. Thank you, Mr Red." Me too. Thanks again. |
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19 Jul 14 - 06:55 AM (#3643363) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Jack Campin The first mouse I used was the four-button puck on a Perq Unix workstation in 1984, and on that you could reassign the button functions for every program separately. So mice with more than two buttons are not exactly news to me. But I didn't realize the wheel-button on a Windows machine could do that until this thread, so thanks. |
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19 Jul 14 - 10:32 AM (#3643407) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST And if the mouse is not over a link, then you can quickly scroll around the page (up/down and left/right both at the same time) by moving the mouse while holding down the wheel button. That works in my word processor too (Atlantis). |
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02 Sep 14 - 05:18 PM (#3656242) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Mr Red refresh - because this is the first time I have returned to this thread. This wheeze is (for many) one of those "unknown, knowns" as Rumpsfelt (sic) would say. I found it by accident. And one or two professionals I have spoken with didn't know it. |
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02 Sep 14 - 05:41 PM (#3656251) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Stilly River Sage They must be professionals leading sheltered lives. ;-) Here's a new one for you to try: use the F5 key to refresh pages. SRS |
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02 Sep 14 - 08:12 PM (#3656300) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Stanron F5 to refresh pages is not new news. |
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02 Sep 14 - 08:52 PM (#3656310) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Jack Campin And all these suggestions also work on MacOS - that was news to me too. |
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02 Sep 14 - 08:53 PM (#3656311) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Stilly River Sage I know. But it is probably news to Mr. Red. ;) |
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03 Sep 14 - 02:14 AM (#3656336) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST,DaveRo There are a very few differences between OSes and browsers though: Keyboard shortcuts, browsers With Firefox - and probably other browsers - there is an option to specify whether a new tab opens in foreground or background, e.g. when using middle-click. A useful shortcut is control-F5 - especially when a page's layout is screwed up (the css). |
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03 Sep 14 - 03:30 AM (#3656356) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: GUEST They must be professionals leading sheltered lives. ;-) Most professionals are too busy getting on with the work that they are paid for. |
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03 Sep 14 - 04:29 AM (#3656370) Subject: RE: Tech: Wheel Click Mouse - open new tab/window From: Leadfingers Aint it LOVELY when someone posts something useful and all these Oh So F*****g Clever anonymous Guests start sniping > |