On Some Websites, Why Doesn't Ctrl + Click Work, but Right-Click > Open in New Tab, Does?
Take for Example the Metro Newspaper. Ctrl + Clicking Other Articles on the Right Side Opens Them in the Same Tab. .. Grrrr! Yet Right-Clicking > Open in New...
Take for example the Metro newspaper. Ctrl + clicking other articles on the right side opens them in the same tab... grrrr! Yet right-clicking > Open in new tab, does work.
It's frustrating - is there any way to make Ctrl + click work on all websites? Why doesn't this work on the occasional website? I.e. what's the technical reason?
It is because of JavaScript that captures your clicks and, because of that, interferes with your keyboard shortcuts. If you disable JavaScript then shortcuts should start to work again. You can test it by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+I (Developer tools), then clicking Settings (gear icon) and enabling option Disable JavaScript.
Middle-clicking seems to work like a ctrl-click (as mentioned by Firelord in the comments).
There's a Chrome extension called Command-Click Fix which fixes this annoying part of websites.
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