# MacOS, Brave Browser -- multiple copies same tab open, hovering seems to open links **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 15, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macos-brave-browser-multiple-copies-same-tab-open-hovering-seems-to-open-links/950697 "2021-09-15T13:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macos-brave-browser-multiple-copies-same-tab-open-hovering-seems-to-open-links/950697/1 "2021-09-15T13:29:27Z")
I seem to be experiencing a new behavior in my web browser lately ( ~ 2 months perhaps less). I’m in the habit of opening links with a right-click and selecting open in a new tab, especially if I’m initially working from a page with a lot of links (such as a SDMB “New Posts” page). I do that on Facebook as well. Lately I’m noticing that when I open a Facebook post in a tab, I will later find that not only the one copy has opened but a separate tab containing the graphic (meme, photo, whatever) blown up to full-screen with the comments showing on the right hand side. I’ll close that (having already read the comments in the non-maximized view) and often find another copy right behind it in yet another browser tab. There’s another unrelated web site I go to that uses thumbnails instead of text listings of available posts — kind of Instagram-ish I guess – and in addition to the ones I open, I’ll find that several of them that I did _not_ right-click have also opened themselves for my viewing pleasure. The overall effect / impression is that my web browser thinks I am clicking on things when I haven’t, perhaps just by hovering momentarily over them. a) Malware? Seems unlikely — I’m not getting tabs that open to unrelated sites. My clicks aren’t being redirected very far, just to other links on the same pg b) The Brave browser has built-in ad blockers and I also have some installed widgets, although not a huge horde of them. Something in my browser’s ad-blocker or one of those plug-ins misbehaving, you think? c) Some MacOS “gesture” got enabled and when I wiggle the arrow cursor in just the right way it’s interpreting it as “open this link in a new tab”? I looked but didn’t find any such setting… d) Problem exists between keyboard and chair? User senility? Forgot what I clicked on or forgot how to use a computer? Anything’s possible but it seems like a recent and abrupt change. And I haven’t gotten any worse about forgetting where I laid my keys or my reading glasses, although admittedly it’s a low bar. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macos-brave-browser-multiple-copies-same-tab-open-hovering-seems-to-open-links/950697/2 "2021-09-17T11:12:36Z")
I use Brave (version 1.28.106) on MacOS (Big Sur 11.6) for all my day to day browsing. I have the same “right-click to open in new tab” workflow, and I haven’t seen anything like the behaviour you’re describing on any website. I’m not a big Facebook user, but I do have an account so I went and clicked about in my timeline, right-clicking to open posts, and everything worked as expected. So I think it’s something to do with your local setup.