How to disable the 'Open Link in New Tab' in the browser?

Question

How do I disable/remove the \'Open Link in New Tab\' option in the right-click menu of the browser? If this is not possible with javascript etc then is there a way to modify wh

Answer 1

2019

I'll highlight 2 important comments:

1. nnnnnn @ Aug 10 '11 at 5:49 :

   As a user I would prefer that type of feature be triggered from a button rather than a link. I expect links to work in a more standard way including giving me the option to right-click for the menu or to middle-click to open directly in a new tab.

2. Pars @ Dec 21 '13 at 13:10 :

   this wont work when you click by mouse middle button or hold CTRL and click on a link. how to those cases.

It's up to the browser to decide whether it gets the link-behavior or not.

Some modern browser (like Chrome) will consider it a link if all the below conditions matches:

1. It's an ... tag (not span, div, button, etc).
2. It has href attribute.
3. href attribute is not empty.

The below will get the link-behavior:

Click Here

The below will NOT get the link-behavior:

Not link because no href
Not link because empty href
Not link because not "a" tag
Not link because not "a" tag again

Important Note:

Again, it's up to the browser to decide. Some old/stupid browsers may give it link-behavior if ANY of the 3 conditions above matches!

Conclusion

If it's a link then use .... If it's not a link then use something else, like .