Link Fixer

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

What is Link Fixer?

'Link Fixer' is a Chrome extension designed to maintain consistent ctrl+click, shift+click, cmd+click and middle-click behaviour. The extension restores the default functionality that opens a link in a new tab or window when these modifier keys are used. This tool corrects occurrences where this expected behaviour has been broken.

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By: danielnixon

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.50 (28)

Version: 1.11 (Last updated: 2019-07-07)

Creation date: 2019-07-06

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

browserSettings
storage

Size: 90.97K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23398 ▼ 129

Other rankings

#24576 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 23

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Link Fixer (v1.11)

4.55 (31) 355

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Summary

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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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Pros

Fixes ctrl+click behavior on links
Saves frustration when browsing

Cons

Doesn't work for all websites
May cause issues with certain Chrome versions

Most mentioned

Fixes ctrl+click behavior on links
Doesn't work for me

Recent reviews

This used to work well, until the last Chrome update, v. 121.0.6167.86. Now, Link Fixer somehow DISABLES every ctrl+click on every site. It even disables the "Open link in new tab" feature of Vimium. As soon as I make Link Fixer inactive, things are back to normal. Please fix this.