Sometimes the small changes make a huge different. How would you normally open a link in a new tab ? Right-click it and select Open link in new tab ? Left-Clicking it could mean that it would open in the active page or load a new window, both could be undesired.
The Firefox extension Super Drag and Go adds another possibility to Firefox. Just press the left mouse button over a link and keep it pressed. Move the mouse a few inches and drop it there. This will load the link in a new tab without all the previously mentioned hassles.
It is possible to customize certain behavior in the options of the add-on. Select if you want to load links and searches in foreground, select if you want to automatically download images that you drag the same way as you would load a link in a new tab and select a default location for those images.
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“How would you normally open a link in a new tab ?”
I normally middle click.
let us assume you have a mac ^^
When I was on a mac at school, I’d do what Andreas has suggested (Ctrl+Left Click), and some macs even had regular mouse with 2 button and scroll so I didn’t have to do that all the time. Lastly, if you have a single tab open and there is no tab-bar to drag a link to an empty space (jackal9′s tip)- you can put a “New tab” Button on your navigation toolbar and drag it on the button as well.
i middle click too. well. what i mean by middle click is i push the mouse scroller down.
oh wow…
i didnt know i could do middle click :P – genius shortcut.
also the plugin is nice!
I have used the middle click in Windows XP for years. No reason to add an extension. I am now using Firefox in Linux and still using the middle click. I thought the idea of dragging a link to a tab was neat so I tried it and it worked, no extension needed. I use Firefox with only a couple of plugins and no extensions. They aren’t really necessary in my opinion.
I’m using Leftclick + CTRL
i use middle click too, but if u want 2 drag & drop to open a link, just drag the link to an empty tab area and it’ll open in a new tab no extension needed…
The Super Drag and Go link is broken.
love your posts martin, but this one is a bit ackward ;-)
Like my fellow commenters I think that problem has been already dealed with by our friends at mozzilla :-)
I think people are missing a couple of points here…
1st
The built-in drag-a-link action only works for links and requires you to drag it all the way to a clear space in the tabs bar – and that space fills up with only four tabs open (on a maximised screen at 1024×768). Then you need to be annoyingly more precise to target the tiny bit of clear space left on the tabs bar for any successive drags or you end up opening it in one of your other tabs.
Whereas all that ‘Super DragAndGo‘ requires is that you drag the link briefly (a few centimetres – a quick flick of the wrist/mouse) – far more convenient for me!
I’m used to middle-clicking too, but I’m also lazy and my mouse wheel tends to get all gooied-up from time to time which can make tring to middle-click very frustrating.
2nd
As also pointed out by our illustrious host, ‘Super DragAndGo‘ comes with more options, in particular, the ability to quickly ‘flick’ any image that you want to download into a default folder – this is a Godsend!
Thanks, Martin. I have very few Firefox extensions installed and this one’s a beauty! :)