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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / August 2004Safari and tabs question...
i've just started to try using safari. i'm a recent convert from windows xp, and have been used to using firefox as my web browser. one i bought my iBook, i used firefox. now,i'm starting to like the interface and snapback features of safari. the only problem that i have is that i cannot figure out how to force safari to open ALL links in a new tab, instead of a new window. this can be a bit confusing because in firefox, if it does open in a new window, the new window is offset, but in safari it looks exactly the same. i know that i can command click the link and such, but i would like to be able to just click and have it open in a tab instead of a new window. is there a work around for this? i've tried the preferences panel and the latest version of safari enhancer from versiontracker. thanks... r. > i've just started to try using safari. i'm a recent convert from windows > xp, and have been used to using firefox as my web browser. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > r. All I do know is how I use Safari and tabs. I have several folders in which are links i want to open at the same time. I have the folders in the "Bookmarks Bar." Once there you can 1) hold the Apple key and click the folder, or 2) click the folder and drag down to "Open in Tabs." -- >>i've just started to try using safari. i'm a recent convert from windows >>xp, and have been used to using firefox as my web browser. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > -- thanks for the reply, perhaps i wasn't clear in what i was trying to do. i do use folder and links as you do for the bookmark bar. i was refering to links within webpages that open a whole new safari window, instead of new tab. let's say that i'm on site www.whatever.com, and they have a link to whocares.com. depending on the site (and i assume how it was coded) if i click on whocares.com it opens a new safari window, which when i'm done looking at, i have to close to get back to the original whatever.com safari window. this kind of defeats the purpose of using tabs. what i want to do, is be able to FORCE safari to open any link that would launch a new window in a tab within the current window. i am able to get firefox to do just this, and as i'm getting used to safari's handling of bookmarks and snapback, i'd like it if safari would do this as well. thanks, r. > this kind of defeats the purpose of using tabs. > what i want to do, is be able to FORCE safari to open any link that > would launch a new window in a tab within the current window. You can get partially there by setting "Open links from applications" to "in the current window": http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030424194144885 This means links from, for example, Mail or any other application that lets you open links in Safari. If you have tabbed browsing turned on, "in the current window" does not overwrite the current window, it opens a new tab in the current window. This does not help with links in Safari that open new windows, however, but they will still open in a new tab using command-click. If it's really important that it be automatic, you could get a multi-button mouse that lets you assign different kinds of clicks to the extra buttons; set one of the buttons to be command-click. It looks like Saft adds that functionality to Safari also: http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/ Jerry  SignatureIt Isn't Murder If They're Yankees http://www.ItIsntMurder.com/ > thanks for the reply, perhaps i wasn't clear in what i was trying to do. > i do use folder and links as you do for the bookmark bar. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > safari's handling of bookmarks and snapback, i'd like it if safari would > do this as well. For Safari, I believe that you have to Command-click to open in in a new Tab. Check your Preferences to make sure that you have Tab Browsing enabled (in the Tabs) pane, and that you have "in a new tab in the current window" selected in your General pane. Andrew > For Safari, I believe that you have to Command-click to open in in a > new Tab. Or center-click (or wheel-click) if you have a 3-button (or 2-button+wheel) mouse. These also work in Safari. -- David > >>i've just started to try using safari. i'm a recent convert from windows > >>xp, and have been used to using firefox as my web browser. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > r. OK, yeah. I'd like that, too. Command-clicking should do it but that means I have to remember to do it. -- The approach I use is to program my middle mouse button (the scroll wheel) to command-click, and use that button to open most links. It becomes second nature very quickly. SignatureJerry Kindall, Seattle, WA <http://www.jerrykindall.com/> Send only plain text messages under 32K to the Reply-To address. This mailbox is filtered aggressively to thwart spam and viruses. > The approach I use is to program my middle mouse button (the scroll > wheel) to command-click, and use that button to open most links. It > becomes second nature very quickly. AFAIK, if you do have a three button mouse, the middle mouse button will do this 'out of the box' in Safari. I have a Logitech mouse which I use without an extra driver (just the built-in OS X USB mouse driver does fine for me) and if I middle-click a link, it is opened in a new tab. You have to have tabbed browsing enabled in the prefs, of course... Arthur SignatureDisclaimer: all advice is given on 'as is' basis and no guarantees are given either implicit or explicit towards their usefulness or accuracy. Any links used in above message are for informational purposes only. Use at own risk. Your mileage may vary. Have a nice day! |
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