c/asklemmy · by ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world · 3y

YouTube open in a new tab

Anyone else here not being able to middle-click a YouTube video’s thumbnail to open in a new tab? I can only do it on the video’s title now, and it’s quite annoying. I’m used to opening a few nice videos to watch in different tabs so I don’t lose them.

Edit: NiSwan's answer fixed it for me, all back to normal.

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mershed_perderders@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y

Yeah it's been driving me crazy. I disabled all my extensions thinking that was it but no joy. Glad to know it isn't just me

Cheez@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

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NiSwan@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

You need to disable the inline videos. I found the steps in stackoverflow, it’s changed in your profile settings on YT.

ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Thanks, this actually solved it for me!
Edit: This also brought the "Watch Later" button to the thumbnail instead of hiding it on the 3 dots menu (1 click instead of 2 now!).

NiSwan@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

I'm happy to spread the word!

Knusper@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y

I don't use the YouTube webpage, but potential solutions:

Use a browser extension to try to fix middle-click, like for example: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/link-fixer/
Use an alternative YouTube frontend, like Invidious or Piped.