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Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: RNKIII on April 02, 2008, 11:35:15 AM

  OK, I am used to creating new tabs while using Safari by the 'Command - T' key stroke method..

Today I 'accidentally' did a double-click on the tab bar and... lo and behold, a new empty tab presented itself.  
Is this a 'new discovery' on my part, something that's been around for some time, or a new addition in Safari 3???

Inquiring minds would like to know..

Bob K.   rnkiii

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: Xairbusdriver on April 02, 2008, 12:04:59 PM

Don't know, don't use Safari much. In FF, double-clicking a tab causes it to open in a new window. Not sure where one could click in the 'tab bar' as tabs expand/contract horizontally to fit the width of the window once you have a certain number created. There is an icon to click on that will create a new, empty tab.

I would assume you can also command-click a link to have it open in a new tab?

Later, yep, FF does the same thing. You just have to have fewer tabs open so you can actually have some empty space in the tab bar (about 4 and less in the window I usually use). Could be a quicker way to create a tab but if you're going to have to type in the url, you'll probably also already have your hands on the keyboard.

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: Gregg on April 02, 2008, 12:15:05 PM

I don't know either Bob, but if you've got a two-button mouse, a right click will bring up a contextual menu (just like an Option-click with a single button mouse). You can then pick New Tab, New Window, etc.

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: Mrious_be on April 02, 2008, 12:30:05 PM

QUOTE(RNKIII @ Apr 2 2008, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Today I 'accidentally' did a double-click on the tab bar and... lo and behold, a new empty tab presented itself.  
Is this a 'new discovery' on my part, something that's been around for some time, or a new addition in Safari 3???

It might be new in Safari 3 but it also works in Camino.
Interesting... and thanks because I didn't knew this either.

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: RNKIII on April 02, 2008, 12:34:37 PM

ABD... Safari is the only browser I currently use.... don't ask why... just the way I am..  (Works, don't fix, etc...)  At one time I had a small program that put a 'new tab' button on Safari... but it left with some update and I didn't energetically pursue getting it back.

Gregg.... yep, have the 2-button variety of mouse.... and in the vein of reply to ABD... that finger gets very little to do on a regular basis also...  THANK YOU for the info.... will try to remember to flex that digit more often.


Bob K.   rnkiii

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: Paddy on April 02, 2008, 04:31:38 PM

I think it's something relatively new, Bob. I was reading an article at MacWorld just last week (I think - life's a bit of a blur right now - too much to do!) and they mentioned that little feature as being quite useful.

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: kimmer on April 02, 2008, 07:51:44 PM

QUOTE

In FF, double-clicking a tab causes it to open in a new window.

It does? I can't get this (double-clicking) to work. WWHHAAAAA!

I can CONTROL - CLICK or RIGHT CLICK on the mouse to get a menu that allows NEW TAB, RELOAD, CLOSE, etc.; but double-clicking just gives my finger exercise.

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: krissel on April 03, 2008, 12:55:18 AM

Yep, works in Camino. Though I have to do a single click twice because my double click button is set to enlarge the text.
I usually to a right click on the empty bar and a drop down allows me to choose New Tab, reload Tabs, Copypaste tools, etc.
 

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: Gregg on April 03, 2008, 07:55:57 AM

Just noticed: In Exploder (for Windows, newest version?) there's a little 'blank' box to the right of open tabs. Click on it once, and an "empty" tab opens.

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: Xairbusdriver on April 03, 2008, 12:06:17 PM

"double-click" opens the tab in a new window...
That may be something I set up in Tab Mix Plus. Whatever, I don't know that I've ever used that function. Maybe, like our my brains, we I only use about 10% of what any software can do!

Title: New discovery in Safari or..
Post by: antony on April 04, 2008, 07:00:48 AM

QUOTE(RNKIII @ Apr 3 2008, 03:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Today I 'accidentally' did a double-click on the tab bar and... lo and behold, a new empty tab presented itself.

Thank you for sharing this tip. ;-) New to me at least.