Great Safari 3.1 tip: Open links in new tab

Does clicking a link and having Safari open the link in a new window annoy you? Then you’ll appreciate Dennis Stevense’s recent blog post which explains how to have Safari 3.1 always open links in a new tab instead of a new window, also called single window mode.

Please note that this tip won’t work with older versions or the Windows version of Safari!

To enable single window mode for Safari 3.1, open Terminal and enter the following command :

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

Restart Safari and every link which normally would open a new window should open in a new tab in your current window.

If you want to revert your changes and disable single window mode, enter the following in Terminal and restart Safari :

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool false
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This entry was written by DocGroove, posted on March 22, 2008 at 19:51

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2 Comments

  1. TOM
    Posted May 22, 2008 at 17:12 | Permalink

    WORKS PERFECTLY

  2. grahame
    Posted August 26, 2008 at 21:35 | Permalink

    what does open terminal mean?

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