# “Open all external links in a new tab” option does not work for protocol agnostic links

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-option-does-not-work-for-protocol-agnostic-links/42224>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [2016年四月8日 06:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-option-does-not-work-for-protocol-agnostic-links/42224 "2016-04-08T06:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Post date:** [2016年四月11日 12:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-option-does-not-work-for-protocol-agnostic-links/42224/19 "2016-04-11T12:03:49Z")

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> [@jesus2099](#):
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> On a side not, open in new tab option still does not work for me at all here.

Are you using a mouse or keyboard? Because using keyboard activation for links doesn’t respect the “open in new tab” setting.

Reported here:

> [@"Open all external links in a new tab" not honoured by keyboard activation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-all-external-links-in-a-new-tab-not-honoured-by-keyboard-activation/32429):
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> Steps to repro: Check “Open all external links in a new tab” in preferences. Open an external link using a mouse - it opens in a new tab as expected. Open an external link using the keyboard. It opens in the current tab. e.g. External link to SitePoint in this post: Tested on Firefox 40 & Chromium Version 44.0.2403.89 Ubuntu 15.04 (64-bit), both on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04.

(And for some reason, the link to the MusicBrainz community in the first post of this topic does not open in a new tab, whether I activate it from keyboard or by mouse.)

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