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)
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