# Links in posts

**URL:** <https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [February 19, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911 "2015-02-19T17:49:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Slider](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/slider/32/888_2.png) [@Slider](https://ecmtb.net/u/Slider)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911/1 "2015-02-19T17:49:19Z")

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Hey guys, can you possibly set up the forum software so links open in a new tab/window. Quite annoying to click a link and have take you away from the site.

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**Author:** ![bent6543](https://ecmtb.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bent6543](https://ecmtb.net/u/bent6543)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911/2 "2015-02-19T18:25:42Z")

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I always middle click links, it automatically opens in a new tab. Alternately you could right click and select open in new tab

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**Author:** ![riderx](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/riderx/32/2821_2.png) [@riderx](https://ecmtb.net/u/riderx)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911/3 "2015-02-19T18:28:04Z")

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We will look at that slider.

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**Author:** ![Rolls](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/rolls/32/20889_2.png) [@Rolls](https://ecmtb.net/u/Rolls)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911/4 "2015-02-19T18:41:12Z")

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@slider when I click the forum links they open in a new tab. I think it has more to do with your web browser settings than the forum settings.

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**Author:** ![Slider](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/slider/32/888_2.png) [@Slider](https://ecmtb.net/u/Slider)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911/5 "2015-02-19T18:49:34Z")

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Actually @rolls, that has to do with your personal browser settings. I don’t want to change my settings so every link I click to open in a new page, but really in a forum, with a link to external content, it is nice for it to open in a new page so people can see it, and then not have to click the back button a dozen times to get back to where they were.

Ultimately it is up to you guys, but I find it makes reading forum posts easier if I don’t get taken away from the page when I click a link.

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**Author:** ![TheWindSucker](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/thewindsucker/32/10537_2.png) [@TheWindSucker](https://ecmtb.net/u/TheWindSucker)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/links-in-posts/2911/6 "2015-02-20T14:17:56Z")

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On a mac you can hold down cmd while clicking a link and it will open in a new window/tab.

On windows its ctrl click.

Its up to your browser whether it opens in a new tab or new window.