Why has Shift-Click stopped working?

Question

I'm using Jira in a Chrome browser and normal operation is for Shift-Click to open the link in a new window.

It doesn't work in my Jira Dashboard Page and instead opens the link in the current page, which is REALLY ANNOYING!

Shift-Click on other sites works and also on Confluence pages, so it seems to be Jira behaviour.

I can't see a config option to control this to give me the correct action - is there one?

Paul Rowlands_qr1bho · Answer

Thanks for the reply.

That's curious, as a colleague replicated the behaviour too. I'll check it out with a fresh install and see what it does.

Re. your workaround: yes, middle-click opens in another tab.

Walter Buggenhout · Answer

Hi @Paul Rowlands,

That works perfectly fine for me. I would dare to say the issue is not related to Jira. Maybe there is a local problem with your browser, so I would suggest to restart it, clear cache, maybe update it?

As an alternative, ctrl-click should open your link in a new tab. Maybe that can help as a workaround too?