![]() loadFile ( "./build/index. There are a lot of ways to do this, but here’s one way.Const ) // Load your React app or any other HTML which creates your Electron app content The is styled to hide the text visually, but not from screen readers. For some reason, a new tab always opens up whenever I search for a website and click on its respective link. If you don’t like the extra verbiage appearing in your links, then you can tweak things a bit to hide the message visually while keeping it available to screen readers (we’ll discuss adding a visual cue back in later in this article). To take control of this behavior, press Ctrl when you click a link to stay on your current page while opening the link in a new tab in the background. The most straightforward way is to put a message in the link text. In here under Results there is a checkbox that says 'open links from search results in a new tab or window' and you want to. I have looked in the settings / preferences and can’t seem to find where to make this change. ![]() My preference is for it to open a new tab on an already open Firefox window. This helps keep your site predictable, which is important for accessibility. If you are signed into Microsoft then itll be in the settings for Bing instead, go to bing, search something, click the 3 lines (menu button) in the top right, then go to More (so it brings up the fullscreen options). Whenever I click on a link in an email it opens a new Firefox window instead of opening a new tab on a Firefox window that is already open. The important thing is to inform your users if a link will open in a new tab. I’m not here to judge, but I will help you make these links more accessible. Or maybe your boss/client is making you do it. Maybe you have one of those situations where a new tab is more accessible, as discussed earlier. ![]() I’m Doing It AnywayĪlright, let’s assume you still want to open links in a new tab. In other words, you can ignore this advice and still be fully WCAG 2.0 compliant. It’s also worth noting that the W3C’s advice against opening links in a new tab is expressed as an informative technique and not a success criteria. For example, a link on a page with a long form could open in a new tab so the user doesn’t lose any data they’ve entered. In some situations, navigating the current tab can be very disruptive, in which case opening a new tab is preferable. There are exceptions to the rule, though. They hit their trusty “back” keyboard shortcut to return to the previous page, but nothing happens. “In general, it is better not to open new windows and tabs since they can be disorienting for people, especially people who have difficulty perceiving visual content.”Ĭonsider a user that doesn’t know/understand that they’re now in a different tab. With regards to accessibility, the W3C recommends against opening links in a new tab. In the given example, when the visitor clicks on the hyperlink, it opens in a new window or tab. Instead, I want to focus on one particular reason to not open external links in a new tab: accessibility. They’ve got some good points, which I won’t rehash here. So Ive resorted to simply copying the link and pasting it into google chrome instead. There are smart folks out there arguing against the idea, as you can see in this article by Chris Coyier and this article by Vitaly Friedman. Bad Jake Hello, I tried doing this, but discord still opens a new tab (and does not load the link). I thought it was convention.īut not everyone agrees. The 1st version works with Ctrl+Click and opens the correct path but mouse wheel click just opens url/ in the new tab. I know I’m not alone here - many of my fellow web developers do this. If a link pointed to something not on the current domain, it got a target="_blank" slapped on it. Somewhere along the way, I learned to open external links in a new tab.
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