Safari New Tabs vs. New Window

Hello,

Why does it not open in new tabs?

The feature is designed to open tabs for links from other applications (as the preference note describes). E.g. a link from an email in Microsoft Outlook or a link in a Word document.

There's a hidden preference on the OS X version to make it behave the way you want for links within Safari itself, but as far as I know the option isn't settable under the Windows versions.

I think this problem is everywhere and its because Apple has not found out about it

Feel free to tell them about it 🙂 Help menu > Report Bugs to Apple...

I wish Safari had a Preference setting to turn this on, in Windows AND in OS-X as the Terminal command line Default setting is kinda awkward for non-techie types.

In this day, tabbed browsing seems to be the norm, who wants New Windows anymore?

Open up Terminal and paste the following:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

EDIT: ...err nvm..didn't realize I was in Safari for Windows.

Message was edited by: Madhatter_

Yeah, it helps to read previous posts before pulling the trigger.

THIS ONLY ACTIIVE ON MAC BUT WINDOWS NO Terminal

Perhaps you already know this but,
If you hold down the Command Key and click on a link
it (the Link) will open in a new TAB.
Also, (another tip), for convenience, which I use a lot is that
when you are done seeing that new link, just do a command-w and that new Tab
will nicely close and you are back to where you started.
TTabby

What does this mean? I'm not able to open new links in a new tab? I'll always have to deal with opening multiple windows?
That really ***. I'm going back my streamlined dependable Google Chrome.
Unless, this isn't fixed!

Sorry, I see you are on a PC,
Use the Control Key, instead of where I said the Command Key
and it should work there.
So, hold down the control key and whilst doing so,
do a left-mouse click on another link and the new link should open
in a new tab.
There's nothing to be fixed, it works for me on my PC Laptop,
where I am using Safari 4.0
OK ? now ?

There is a downfall to the terminal-entry hack/mod... it forces everything into a new tab. Pop-up from a Web-App? get's it's own tab, not the small window the app was trying to open. Using an online video app which usually pops up a small window with the video? Now it gets it's own tab... :/

It's annoying to not have links open to Tabs but also the 'hard coding' to force everything into a tab has it's drawbacks too.

I agree: Apple should just have this feature. Even IE has had it for quite some time... although not set by Default when it first rolled-out. And of course Firefox has it.

<rant>
Side-comment: Love Apple stuff to no end after being a Windows admin for over 13 years... but wow sometimes it seems like Apple completely misses the basics. Like this crazy thing my original Palm Pilot in 1995 had... cut-and-paste... good thing the iPhone... just ... got... that. :/ And why can't I cut-and-paste a file? :/ And then of course why doesnt Safari let me open new links in Tabs?
</rant>

Any way to find a happy medium where Safari opens a link in a new window unless the link specifies the dimensions of the window to open and/or specifies a separate window?