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In IE, it was possible under Settings>General>Tabs: When a pop-up is encountered: (select) Always open pop-ups in a new tab.
The above applied to links or whatever to open in new tab beside the existing tab (as opposed to a new seperate window).
Why can I not find anywhere where this setting is in Edge that I can set it to open links and pop-ups in a new tab?
Or perhaps I'm looking for something that no longer exists.
(based on other responses, this is nothing to do with Bing or using Bing)
TIA
Managing tabs, address bar, and search settings in Edge on Windows 11
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Try below.
Try below.
- Open Edge – 3 dots located top right corner – Settings – Default browser – Internet Options – General Tab – Tabs
- Under Open links from other programs in: Make sure a check mark is on “A new tab in the current window”
- Click “Ok” to save.
Way of topic, we're talking about an edge configuration, not the interference of pc settings. Why did you stray from the EDGE topic and bring into a pc matter. This setting IS IN EDGE!
This is within Edge found under Edge settings and I can confirm does work and this answer has been marked as right answer. It is not interfering with any PC settings. I would just make one addtional suggestion, in that the Tabbed Browsing Settings dialogue box that you see in the screenshot - under when a pop-up is encoutered, Always open pop-ups in a new tab needs to be selected.
Do reply (with screenshots if possible) if you are experiencing issues with the above directions, and I'll do best to help.
Bro i did the same but it kind of still not working
If you made it that far, then the best I can suggest is - have you restarted your PC? (sorry for having to ask!!)
In this thread we find many ways of opening a link in a new tab, but none that I can see which directs Edge to jump right to that new tab. RClick and select from menu, Ctrl click, scroll button click, all just generate a new tab, but none permit Edge to open that new tab, as is pretty standard in most other browsers I've got, like Safari, Opera, Firefox, etc...
I really want to stay with Edge as my default browser, but it's a CPU hog as well as not being able to immediately jump to a new tab when a link is selected.
Thanks, works perfectly