Restores consistent ctrl+click, shift+click, cmd+click and middle-click behaviour when clicking links.

Latest Version

Version
1.11
Update
July 6, 2019
Size
88.84KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.5625 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
BrowserSettings
Storage
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Link Fixer Extension

The default behaviour of ctrl+click, shift+click, cmd+click (on macOS) and middle-click when clicking on links is to open the link in a new tab or new window.

This behaviour is sometimes broken by careless developers.

This add-on restores the default behaviour, ensuring the modifier keys always cause links to open in a new tab.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Link Fixer", "description": "Restores consistent ctrl+click, shift+click, cmd+click and middle-click behaviour when clicking links.", "version": "1.11", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/danielnixon/link-fixer", "icons": { "48": "icons/link-48.png" }, "background": { "scripts": ["background-script.js"] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["content-script.js"] } ], "options_ui": { "page": "options.html", "browser_style": true }, "permissions": [ "browserSettings", "storage" ], "applications": { "gecko": { "id": {18b670e2-67df-4b26-b9b0-34835d1f062a} } }}
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