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Mouse middle button click on an URL does not always open tab in the background

(#4404) Bug Closed: Fixed
by Valynor

Reproduction steps

  1. reload fluxer web
  2. middle mouse button click any URL in the chat

Expected behaviour

  1. browser opens the newly created tab IN THE BACKGROUND

Actual behaviour

  1. browser directly jumps to the newly created tab
Any URLs middle clicked AFTER this behave as expected/open in the background. After a reload of the fluxer tab the same happens again.

Build information

Stable Web 2026.1026.223737, macOS 10.15.7 (arm64), Chrome 156.0.0.0, Locale en-GB

Platform

Web

Evidence

I have "trust all external links" ON. maybe this has something to do with it.
  1. Valynor changed the status from Awaiting confirmation to Fixed
  1. The pull request fluxer#3663 mentions this post Merged

4 comments

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Comment by Rex
RexSystem 1 vote
Status changed from Needs triage to Awaiting confirmation
Middle-clicked links open in a background tab from the first click after a reload (fluxerapp/fluxer#3663), in web 2026.1027.182052
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Comment by Hampus
HampusStaff 1 vote 1 reply
This should be fixed in web 2026.1027.182052, which went out about an hour ago. Reload the tab once to pick it up, then middle-click a link straight away. It should open in the background now.
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