# A browser question: any idea how I'm doing this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739 "2022-03-26T05:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739/1 "2022-03-26T05:16:34Z")
This question is completely motivated by curiosity. It is a puzzle, not a problem. The browser is Chrome. I have used it for a long time and sometimes do various things on it by rote. What I usually do for some applications that I use a lot is press the first letter of the URL and then press Enter (assuming I use it often enough that it comes up from the first letter alone) to go to that URL. As for this site, I press “B” and Enter and come to boards.straightdope etc. I do this in a new tab. Sometimes instead of continuing in the new tab, I find myself in another instance of Chrome, another window, if you will. I generally don’t notice this for a while, sometimes not until I am about to close the tab, because the on-screen experience is the same up to that point. So I have no idea what keystroke or other action I have done to get a different result. In general, I don’t have more than a few tabs open at a time, usually only 2 or 3. To repeat, this is a puzzle not a problem, and I am driven to ask only by curiosity not necessity. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739/2 "2022-03-26T05:26:28Z")
> Go to the link you want and press Ctrl+Enter to open in a new tab or just Enter to open in the same tab. You can use **Shift+Enter** to open it in a new window. > Is this what your are accidentally doing? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739/3 "2022-03-26T15:24:44Z")
Thanks, I guess that’s possible, although I tried it just now and it was hard for me to see how I was doing it accidentally – that’s a pretty major fat-finger keystroke. At least I can pay closer attention to that specific combination in the future. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739/4 "2022-03-26T17:49:45Z")
I am used to a right click on a link bringing up a menu and “Open Link in a new tab” is on top. Lately, and only on Fox News, as soon as you right click a link the new tab springs up on top. The menu comes up also but I don’t need it. I don’t know if I changed something or if the Fox News page has some secret coding for it.