New tab to be selected

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Peter Kinross
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New tab to be selected

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In Chrome, when I middle click on a link, it opened in a new tab and that tab became the active tab. In Edge, middle click opens a new tab, but it does not become the active tab. When I first started using Edge, the new tabs became active, but not anymore. Danged if I know what I did but would sure like it to be fixed.
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Re: New tab to be selected

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Try holding down the Shift key while middle-clicking on a link.
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Peter Kinross
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Re: New tab to be selected

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Yep that works - thanks Hans.
But would be simpler if there was a setting to be set as in Chrome. Ah well, guess that's progress. Who comes up with these decisions?
Avagr8day, regards, Peter

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Re: New tab to be selected

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Fixed.
I already had TabActivate installed, but it wasn't working. Clicked on it in 'manage extensions' and it now works.
I find it hard to believe that this simple, absolutely needed facility is not available in 'Edge'.
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Re: New tab to be selected

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I've used the extension Tabs to the Front (available in the Chrome Web Store) in Edge and other Chromium-based browsers for years.

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Peter Kinross
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Re: New tab to be selected

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Thanks, Jay, for that alternative. Apart from this occurrence, TabActivate has worked for me for many years.
Still beats me why MS don't have this as a standard option. Whoever clicks a link expecting it to not be displayed. Weird!
Avagr8day, regards, Peter