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Inconsistency between Ctrl click and middle click on Search button
The Search button at the top of the page opens a dialog box to enter a search term. There is also a separate Search page that opens in browsers that have JavaScript disabled.
Browsers have shortcuts for opening a link in a separate background tab, for example:
- Holding down Ctrl while left clicking on a link.
- Middle clicking on a link (often equivalent to a three finger tap on a touchpad).
Ctrl clicking on the Search button opens the search dialog, but middle clicking on the Search button opens the Search page in a background tab.
Could these be made consistent? Which behaviour would you prefer both actions to result in?
1 answer
Open the Search page in a background tab.
- Both Ctrl click (or Cmd click on Mac) and middle click are widely used shortcuts for opening a link in a background tab (opening for later without switching to the new tab).
- Anyone wanting the dialog box would be using left click.
This means that the user's intention is clear in either case, so we should follow that.
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