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Force popup windows to open in new tab?

Anonymous
2020-02-13T18:22:27+00:00

Is it possible to force the new Edge browser to open all popup windows as tabs instead?

I know there's a Chrome extension called "Open link in same tab, pop-up as tab" and that works but it's clunky, the window opens as a popup and then quickly closes and transitions to a tab - this is ugly and takes an extra second. I'd prefer it to work like Firefox where it doesn't require an extension in the first place AND you never see the popup window, it just opens as a tab. 

Thanks!

Microsoft Edge | Tabs, address bar, and search | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-22T13:55:58+00:00

    Ideally, the feature you are looking for in Edge to open a new tab is currently not available

    LOLWUT

    A popular feature which was a common, top-level setting in IE, and which has existed in both Chrome and Firefox for many years, was intentionally not imported into Edge's feature set?  Who made that decision?  This is why people continue to use non-MS browsers in the majority.

    C'mon Microsoft, free tip from a Systems Engineer: don't remove/drop features that are very popular with users.  This is requirements capture 101.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-09-17T07:37:10+00:00

    Even till 17 Sep.2021 this issue is not resolved. This is why I am not using edge browser

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-22T02:23:28+00:00

    IE functionality. :/

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-15T07:27:59+00:00

    Hi,

    I am another user who would really want this feature to come back. Please note that corporate users cannot always install extensions on there own, hence native features that are useful should not be removed lightly.

    Cheers,

    David

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-14T20:28:58+00:00

    Thanks Aditya, we almost have this solved.

    Holding the Ctrl key and clicking works exactly how I want it to EXCEPT I don't want to have to hold the Ctrl key, I want that action to be the default when I click on links that would otherwise open as a popup window. How do I do that? 

    Here's how it's done in Firefox:

    "In order to force popups opening in a new tab instead enterabout:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction. double-click it and change its value to 0**."

    Is there anything like that for Edge?

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