As you may already have sex , OS X let you falsify background window by hold down the Command key — you’re able to drag them , resize them , and more , as long as you hold down the Command key first . you may use this trick , along with a queerness of Safari , to manipulate how links in background window heart-to-heart .
For representative , say you had two window open , and notice a link in the background window that you ’d like to read . If you just penetrate the link , of course , the background knowledge window comes to the foreground , at which point you have to click the connectedness again to read the article .
If you overtop - click that radio link while it ’s in the background , it will ( as you might infer ) warhead in a new tab . That ’s what Command - clicking a radio link in Safari does , after all . However , what ’s somewhat surprising is that the new tab will seem in theforegroundwindow , not the background windowpane — making it easy to read that level you were concerned in . By way of compare , trying this in Camino or OmniWeb will start the fresh tab in the background window . ( In Firefox , Command - clicking on background windows does n’t work at all . ) Not necessarily what you might expect to happen , but quite useful .
If , on the other hand , you want to open a background connexion in the same tab of the background window , there is a direction to do that , too . It does , however , require a bit of mouse gymnastic exercise to accomplish . First press and hold Command , then click - and - hold on the scope colligate you ’d wish to give . While still holding the mouse button down , release Command , then eject the computer mouse clit .
If you did everything in the right successiveness , the clicked connection will afford in the current tab of the backdrop window , leaving your focus on the current foreground windowpane . To be honest , I rarely if ever use this proficiency , but I do often control - click background links to read them in the foreground window .
