[Kde-accessibility] [Bug 44931] middle click behavior: open link in new window or paste a url

[Philippe Fremy]

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------- Additional Comments From pfremy at noos.fr  2003-05-16 10:29 -------
In reply to Datschge #24: 
 
> My suggestion above was opening the pasted clipboard string in a new 
window/tab  
> ideally in the background which would allow people to continue surfing on the 
current  
> page. An unexpected new window/tab but nothing destroyed, how much smoother 
do 
> you want it?  
 
Sorry for not replying to this one. The problem with this solution is that when you 
middle click on a link, you expect a new window/tab to open. If you miss the link, y 
ou will still have window/tab opened, so you have no clue that you missed the link 
and what was opened is not the new page but the content of the clipboard. 
 
This is why I think this solution is not appropiate. 
 
>  You are not any more likely to miss a link when the mmb click paste feature gets  
 removed. 
Indeed, however, the absence of feedback informs you that you missed the link. 
Maybe another way to tackle this problem is to add more visual feedback on link 
clicking, so that you know when you missed it. 
 
> If you meant restricting the ability to do mmb paste to a small part of the whole 
khtml view 
Not on the khtml view but on the label "Location" (not the content, the label) and the 
black arrow. Pasting on the displayed page would have no effect.