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From: unfrostedpoptart on 19 Jun 2010 12:14 On Jun 18, 1:31 pm, unfrostedpoptart <da...(a)therogoffs.com> wrote: > Hi. > I'm trying Safari 5 now after using FF. One thing is a real pain. > When I select some text and select right-click "Search in Google", it > bring up the google search in the same tab, which is horrible, since > then loose what I was looking at. In FireFox, doing the same thing > opens the google search in a new tab, which is much more useful. How > do I configure Safari to do this? I haven't been able to find anything > in the preferences. Thanks all. Looks like the only work-around is cmd-right-click. Annoying, but it will work for now.
From: nospam on 19 Jun 2010 12:29 In article <7ca50f9e-5fa9-4e96-8f06-692751a21b28(a)z15g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, unfrostedpoptart <david(a)therogoffs.com> wrote: > > I'm trying Safari 5 now after using FF. One thing is a real pain. > > When I select some text and select right-click "Search in Google", it > > bring up the google search in the same tab, which is horrible, since > > then loose what I was looking at. �In FireFox, doing the same thing > > opens the google search in a new tab, which is much more useful. �How > > do I configure Safari to do this? I haven't been able to find anything > > in the preferences. > > Thanks all. Looks like the only work-around is cmd-right-click. > Annoying, but it will work for now. select the text and hit cmd-shift-l
From: Tom Harrington on 20 Jun 2010 15:26
In article <7ca50f9e-5fa9-4e96-8f06-692751a21b28(a)z15g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, unfrostedpoptart <david(a)therogoffs.com> wrote: > On Jun 18, 1:31�pm, unfrostedpoptart <da...(a)therogoffs.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > I'm trying Safari 5 now after using FF. One thing is a real pain. > > When I select some text and select right-click "Search in Google", it > > bring up the google search in the same tab, which is horrible, since > > then loose what I was looking at. �In FireFox, doing the same thing > > opens the google search in a new tab, which is much more useful. �How > > do I configure Safari to do this? I haven't been able to find anything > > in the preferences. > > Thanks all. Looks like the only work-around is cmd-right-click. > Annoying, but it will work for now. That's not a work-around, that's the way it was designed. It works that way any time you click on a link, with whichever button you use. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/ |