Open folder/main action in new tab with ctrl+click

[KnownNexus]

Currently the default behaviour for opening a file is to either embed it in the current page or, in a new tab, is to download the file,
I think it would be good to have the file attempt to open file in a new tab by default. This would allow for the current page to be kept open, meaning you can just close the tab with the file in it, and continue with your session.

An example could be collabora online, which will open in the current window, but will only download if you open a new tab.
My suggested change would have a single click open it in a new tab, keeping the current window just containing the file system, the same would happen for ctrl-click or right click- open new tab

I have currently written a simple change which achieves this, but i wanted to get an idea of the communities views on this change

[violoncelloCH]

cc @nextcloud/designers

[jancborchardt]

An example could be collabora online, which will open in the current window, but will only download if you open a new tab.

What do you mean by this? The download button is in the actions menu always. :)

We generally open things in the same tab unless it’s external links. Because you can also just close the file viewer or e.g. Collabora, and then you are back at the same point in files. Otherwise it leads to a whole bunch of open tabs.

[KnownNexus]

Because you can also just close the file viewer or e.g. Collabora, and then you are back at the same point in files. Otherwise it leads to a whole bunch of open tabs.

However if i wanted to open several things at the same time, or to compare multiple documents, i would currently have to open several instances of nextcloud, only to close them again later.
I think it would be a better user experience to be able to have that ability by default

[skjnldsv]

@KnownNexus I'm not sure I understand, are you talking about browser tabs? Or asking for a new feature like internal nextcloud tabs?

[KnownNexus]

@KnownNexus I'm not sure I understand, are you talking about browser tabs? Or asking for a new feature like internal nextcloud tabs?

Browser tabs

[skjnldsv]

Then I disagree :)
You can still click while pressing ctrl if you want to open in new tabs, but default should be a normal browsing.
We encountered such behaviour only once on others products and it was microsoft and was crazy confusing :/

[MorrisJobke]

You can still click while pressing ctrl if you want to open in new tabs, but default should be a normal browsing.

Ctrl + click will download files, because the link points to the webdav endpoint and not the web UI.

[skjnldsv]

For files sure, but opening a file in a new tab doesnt make sense anyway :)
Folder works

[MorrisJobke]

For files sure, but opening a file in a new tab doesnt make sense anyway :)

Why not? COuldn't it simply open the details view (viewer, text app, collabora, ...)?

[jancborchardt]

Yeah, agree with @MorrisJobke – Ctrl-Click should do the primary action in a new tab, that is, open the file or folder.

[skjnldsv]

that sounds like a very odd behaviour to me?
imho, people are used to ctrl+click being the same action as a click but in a new tab. If we start to change this, people will get confused.
ctrl+click should still be the default same as a simple click. :)