Stop SM mail from switching focus when link it clicked

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videobruce
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Stop SM mail from switching focus when link it clicked

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How can I stop SM mail from switching focus every time I click on a link in a e-mail?
I want the page to open in the browser, but I don't want to leave SM mail every time a link is clicked.

In FF there is a entry under Options/Tabs/ "When you open a link in a new tab switch to it immediately" that can be unchecked. I don't see that here in SM.
If there isn't an entry including the "about" list, is there a work around?
Browsers that don't have a conventional horizontal Menu bar (where it's been for 25 years) are poorly designed. Period. Stop 'fixing' something that isn't broke!
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Re: Stop SM mail from switching focus when link it clicked

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Right click link in Email and select 'Open in New Tab'. Should be easier than that, but SM is what it is.
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Re: Stop SM mail from switching focus when link it clicked

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Frank Lion wrote:Right click link in Email and select 'Open in New Tab'. Should be easier than that, but SM is what it is.
Or just middle-click the link.
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LordOfTheBored wrote:Or just middle-click the link.
Assuming you 'just' even have middle click. If not, then do Ctrl + left click.
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Re: Stop SM mail from switching focus when link it clicked

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Frank Lion wrote:
LordOfTheBored wrote:Or just middle-click the link.
Assuming you 'just' even have middle click. If not, then do Ctrl + left click.
I forget two-button mice were a thing sometimes.
The mice I've had that predate scroll wheels were all 3-button.
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Re: Stop SM mail from switching focus when link it clicked

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Yes, I have a middle button scroll wheel, but for almost 20 years, I only use the scroll wheel.
Another annoyance and something more to remember. And before someone says something, I have memory problems. :x
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