Hi Eric, Now I'm feeling senile and forgetful. The keyboard shortcut options are actually listed on the tab preferences pane of Safari, if you read down past the pop up menu that for opening pages in tabs or windows, and use enter instead of click.
Cheers, Esther On 7 Apr 2013, at 06:43, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Sarah, Esther, and others, > > I tried Esther's and Sarah's suggestions and Sarah's worked! Command, > Option, Shift, Enter pressed when on the link of the book title opened the > link in a window that when closed left me back in my original location on the > web site. This will be a huge time saver for me on the NLS BARD site. I > look forward to trying this on other sites such as Amazon to see if it also > works. > > I tried changing the setting as Esther described but unless I did it wrong it > didn't work the way I needed. > > Without this community on lists like this one, how would I ever have found > that key combination? Thanks everyone. > > Eric Caron > On Apr 7, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If you hit cmd option shift enter it normally opens in a new window, at >> least for me. There is a safari extension to do this but I forgot what it >> was called and I uninstalled it as safari freezes when I install extensions >> and i can't get to the install dialogue. or button quick enough. >> >> Take care. >> On Apr 7, 2013, at 9:00 AM, "Phil Halton" <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> This is the one big failing of Safari in my opinion. I don't know why they >>> don't fix this so that returning from a link positions you back at the same >>> spot on the webpage. I'll be watching this thread with interest. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Caron" <eric_ca...@mac-access.net> >>> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 9:21 AM >>> Subject: How to Open link in new window? >>> >>> >>>> Hi listers, >>>> >>>> I thought there was a way to open a link in a new window so that you could >>>> then return to the original web page and be in the same position. I can't >>>> seem to find that command. >>>> >>>> Here is what I'm trying to do. I am in the NLS BARD and land on a book I >>>> want to add to my wish list. I press the link and go to a new page where >>>> I add the book then press back to summery list. I then return to the >>>> original web page but am at the top and now have to sort through 18,000 >>>> items or more to get back to the place I was at. Item chooser works but >>>> is slow. If I could return to the site at the same location I left from I >>>> would save lots of time. >>>> >>>> Suggestions are greatly appreciated! >>>> >>>> Eric Caron <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
