Safari function question

[RichardStephens]

Hope this is the right place to post this. If not, sorry.
I am running Safari 11.0.2 on High Sierra.

I just installed it on my new iMac and I can't get the "open pages in new tab" option to work.

It worked just fine on my old Mac mini but not here.

In preferences, I have "Open pages in tabs instead of windows" set to automatically but that isn't happening.

Does anyone have an idea as to why?



Thanks for any help on this.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

Normally, this will open clicked links to another site in a new tab, but not most pages on the same site.

Can you verify that?

C

 

[RichardStephens]

Thanks for your reply, Cory.

I have gone to preferences and tried Never, Automatically and Always. But a click on a link does nothing more than open in the original page (search engine). If I hold down cmd- click, it will open in a new tab. Not what I am looking for. But it does work.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Strange...it works on my Macs running Sierra and High Sierra.

When you tried Always, did this confirmation window appear?

C

 

[RichardStephens]

Hi Cory.
Thought I would let you know what the problem was.
I use DuckDuckGo on Safari and that was where the problem was.
It finally occurred to me to check the configuration on that and, sure enough, all I had to do was turn on the option to open linked pages in a new tab.
So it wasn't Safari at all.
Live and learn.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Cory Cooper]

No worries...as long as the issue is resolved, we're happy if you're happy.



C