Shift+LeftClick opens links in a new active tab

Name: Shift+LeftClick opens links in a new active tab
Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Author: Romik Forest

This simple addon opens links in a new active tab with Shift+LeftClick (left mouse button click), not in a new window Mainly for users, who used this shotcut in other browsers (e.g. Opera 12). You can select your own mouse + mod key combination.

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This simple addon opens links in a new active tab with Shift+LeftClick (left mouse button click), not in a new window Mainly for users, who used this shotcut in other browsers (e.g. Opera 12).

Add-on

By:

Romik Forest

Daily users:

Rating:

4.00

(4)

Version:

2.0.3resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5726341

Creation date:

2014-04-12

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Size:

26.29KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-20

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Ranking

# 14,699 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#11 in shift keyword 22 #114 in activity keyword 17 ▲ 1 #141 in links keyword 35 ▼ 1 #178 in lift keyword 2 ▼ 2 #226 in right click keyword 58 ▼ 2

User reviews

by 远离*****, 2025-04-18

by 天灭*****, 2025-03-13

in general, yes it works as you'd expect *except for links on audius.co , but i imagine that's moreso a case of poor website design however.. it would be nice if this extension worked even for odd edge cases like that

by *****, 2022-01-06

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Shift+LeftClick opens links in a new active tab requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Shift+LeftClick opens links in a new active tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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