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5 Shortcuts to Open Links in Chrome and Firefox

Last updated on September 10, 2009 By Venkat

With multiple tabs in today’s browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox, we generally open  links in new tabs  by using right clicking and selecting “Open link in a new tab”. There are more easier ways to open links in a new tab and of course in a new window also by using mouse buttons.

1.Middle button: Use your middle mouse button that is wheel to open link in a new tab.

mouse middle button

2. Ctrl +left click : Selecting Ctrl key and pressing left mouse click button will also open link in a new tab.

ctrl_left_click

3.Shift + Left click: Pressing Shift button and clicking left mouse button will open link in a new window.

shift_left_click

4. Shift+middle click: Shift-middle-click or(shift-Ctrl-click) will open link in a new tab and switches to that tab immediately.

shift_middle_click

5.Alt +left: Alt +left click saves the contents of link to your computer.

 

alt_left_click

These shortcuts works perfectly in Chrome and Firefox , some worked in IE differently.

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Filed Under: Firefox, Google Chrome, tips and tricks Tagged With: shortcuts

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  1. Luis Aceituno says

    January 7, 2010 at 1:35 am

    thank you :)

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