More investigation reveals that it is only the jijx page that seems to be affected. Middle-click on links on other pages (including the menu links) seem to work as I expect. The jijx page seems to being treated differently.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > For me the middle button in FF opens in a new tab in all cases. I don't > think this is anything that JHS has any control over. What happens with > normal links on normal pages? Perhaps your FF config has changed. > > I get the same new tab behavior in Chrome. > > Note that the middle button opens the link in a new tab, but leaves focus on > the current tab. This is often not what you want so ctrl+shift+click is > still your best bet. > > Not using javascript to open a new tab is not a security concern. At least > not for me or for JHS. But the web politically correct police say one > shouldn't do this. And my understanding is that many users have javascript > configured to prevent it. I think this remains an open question that may be > resolved in pacman updates after the official release. > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Tikkanz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Using Firefox, when I middle-click (scroll-button-click) on a link, >> the link usually opens in a new tab. >> >> From memory that used to work in JHS, but now doesn't seem to do >> anything. So for example middle-clicking on the link|jfile menu item >> should open the jfile page in a new tab, but currently doesn't appear >> to do anything. >> >> The link generated by the open command also suffers from this same >> behaviour. Right-clicking on the link and choosing "Open Link in New >> Tab" works fine. >> >> (FWIW I would prefer the open command to just open the file in a new >> tab if security concerns could be addressed) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
