Sometimes: No option to open link to a new tab

[T-buch]

Sometimes you dont have the option to open a link to a new tab (mouse click + CTRL) -Why is that? and can it be bypassed

[DanRaisch]

Can you provide3 an example of such a URL/link?

[T-buch]

https://www.tvguide.dk/ - the pictures at the top of the page

[therube]

You can; right-click, then Ctrl+View Image (or right-click, then center-click while over View Image).

[T-buch]

This showing the pic - There is a url "under" the image (sorry if i not give the correct technicology explanation)

[DanRaisch]

There's a lot of scripts running on that site that might be intercepting Firefox standard commands.

[T-buch]

but can it be ignored?

[morat]

The img element uses a click event listener to change the current page.

[WaltS48]

The img element uses a click event listener to change the current page.

That means it can't be ignored?

If I click an image a new page opens with a complete article, but there is no way to open that article in a new tab.

https://www.tvguide.dk/nyheder/81629/sa ... ns-er-slut

[jscher2000]

If you right-click the element and Firefox doesn't show Link-specific items at the top of the context menu, then it is not a link and tricks that work with links are unlikely to work.

[T-buch]

Thanks enlighten me
Sometimes I find that links (which are obviously not the right way to describe them, sorry) open up as a small pop-up window - for example, a video that starts.
I assume there isn't a trick, either, that can make that video open in a new tab? Are there ways to find a direct address for these kind of video links?

[WaltS48]

If you right-click the element and Firefox doesn't show Link-specific items at the top of the context menu, then it is not a link and tricks that work with links are unlikely to work.

How does clicking one of those elements on that site, open the page with a text article along with the image if it is not a link?

JavaScript?

[dickvl]

(wrong thread)

[morat]

@WaltS48

Here is a code example that creates a click event listener on Walt's avatar that opens the faq page.

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(function () {
  var imgs = document.querySelectorAll('img[src$="1380795_1287423495.jpg"]');
  for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
    imgs[i].addEventListener("click", function () {
      window.location.href = "http://forums.mozillazine.org/faq.php";
    }, false);
  }
})();

You can run the code in the console, then click on Walt's avatar to test.

i.e. Tools > Web Developer > Web Console (Ctrl+Shift+K)

A link uses an anchor element with the href attribute.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp

[jscher2000]

If you right-click the element and Firefox doesn't show Link-specific items at the top of the context menu, then it is not a link and tricks that work with links are unlikely to work.

How does clicking one of those elements on that site, open the page with a text article along with the image if it is not a link?

JavaScript?

Yes, exactly. For example, window.open() method or location.href = new URL.