Opening some links in a new tab

Add-ons Development
#1

I would like to develop an add-on to implement a functionality of Tab Mix Plus with the Web Extensions: open a new tab by default when:

  • entering an address or a search in the navigation bar and pressing Enter (not having to press alt-Enter)

  • clicking on a registered link, in the bookmarks or the history (left click, not having to middle-click)

In other cases (navigation from links in the tab page), the behavior would be as usual (left click stays in the tab, middle-click opens a new tab).

I reviewed the API, but my impression is that it is just not possible to do what I want (e.g., webNavigation.onBeforeNavigate will not tell me where the event came from): can someone confirm it is impossible, or put me on the right track?

Thanks.

#2

While my general opinion is that pretty much nothing is impossible an I’d also like to give you a different answer, I’d say with the given APIs it is not possible to implement this reliably and with reasonable effort.