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  • Forward/Back Buttons will open link, start download, etc. when hovering over links.

  • BugsDesktopDone

Steps to reproduce: simply hover over any link, image, etc. using a mouse that has the two extra forward and back buttons. This will erroneously open the link, image, etc. in a new tab when hovering over a given link. It doesn't matter whether the forward or back mouse button is clicked. Nothing other than going back to previous page or forward to next page should be happening upon click of either button.

The only button on the mouse that should be opening links in a new tab is physically clicking with the mouse wheel button.

However, when not hovered over a link, image etc., the buttons will work perfectly as intended.

Safari does also exhibit the erroneous behavior; however, Chromium and Quantum-based browsers do not do this.

Currently on macOS Ventura 13.3.1 (build 22E772610a) via a Late 2021 MacBook Pro 16" with M1 Pro chip. Orion Version 0.99.124-beta (WebKit 616.1.10).


Haven't had any other issues at all so far. This is shaping up to be the best browser on the market. It already feels like it.

  • Vlad replied to this.

    shortHairRASTA

    Safari does also exhibit the erroneous behavior; however, Chromium and Quantum-based browsers do not do this.

    It is probably the other way around? Safari is made by the same company that made the OS, and probably the behavior that Safari exhibits is native behavior (which I can understand you are not used to).

    We are reluctant to stray away from native behavior so we would need a good argument/discussion why.

    This is shaping up to be the best browser on the market. It already feels like it.

    Thanks! Big part of this is Orion being a native app and we'd like to keep it that way as far as possible.

        Hi Vlad,

        Thank you for your response. I would say that the native behavior in this instance is not the desired behavior, as those buttons simply are not intended for use to open pages; rather, their only function should be for navigating back/forward between pages. It doesn't make any sense to allow the back/forward buttons to be able to open pages. Safari should correct this behavior as well.

        Other browsers like Chrome or Firefox do not open links with use of the aforementioned buttons, as they shouldn't.

        I hope this explanation makes sense.

        • Vlad replied to this.

          shortHairRASTA

          Chrome and Firefox are browsers primarily created for Windows where different UX patterns apply. There are certain way things are done on macOS and we should respect that.

          Now I understand that you have described your desired behavior, which is what this forum is for, and if this gets more upvotes we will consider implementing it regardless of what Apple thinks.

              a year later

              Vlad Hi Vlad, would like to see an option to disable this as well.

              Thanks

                  6 months later

                  Adding my +1 to this one, as sometimes I end up opening links by mistake when I simply want to go back.

                    6 days later

                    I'm running into this as well. The forward/back buttons correctly change the page but also trigger a click if you happen to hover over a link.

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                      25 days later

                      I see this is marked as done and in the release notes for 0.99.131, however I am still hitting this issue in Version 0.99.131.0.1-beta.

                      As described by others above, when I use the back/forward buttons on my mouse (Logitech G304) the browser will navigate back/forward in history but if I am hovering a link, it will also open that link in a new tab. However I have found that if the tab I am on has no history, the back/forward buttons do not open a new link.
                      Another note is that when I have the AutoScroll chrome extension version 4.10 installed, I can see the scroll anchor showing up if I hold one of the back/forward mouse buttons. I can confirm the issue is still present even when uninstalling the AutoScroll extension and restarting the browser.

                      Please let me know if there is any more testing I can do to help assist with tracking this one down.

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