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Comments on How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

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How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

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Whenever I click on an URL in Skype, Windows opens up Google Chrome straightaway with the webpage. How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype?

I like to click and open URL's — that counterparties on Skype message me — straightaway in my browser, to remind me to read them after I finish Skyping. Unquestionably, it's unproductive to click one URL, then have Windows switch to Chrome — then I must minimize Chrome and return to Skype. Undeniably, I loathe repeating this with each URL messaged me.

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x-post https://superuser.com/questions/1698118/how-can-i-halt-windows-from-forthwith-switching-to-goo... (1 comment)
Opening a browser when you click on a URL sounds like normal behavior. Do you mean you have a differe... (2 comments)
Do you generally want new windows to steal focus? (2 comments)
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How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype?

Don't click on the link! Clicking a link without any additional keys or unusual setup in just about any software since the late 1990s means "I want to see the document referenced by this link". If you want to stay in Skype instead of seeing the referenced document, then don't click.

This behavior is so universal, it's hard to imagine what you expected clicking the link to do.

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Some systems like mac support cmd+click in many programs to open links in the background . (4 comments)
Mostly true, but... (1 comment)
Some systems like mac support cmd+click in many programs to open links in the background .
samcarter‭ wrote almost 3 years ago · edited almost 3 years ago

Some systems, like mac, support cmd+click in many applications to open links in the background. So not sure if the behaviour you describe can really be called "universal".

Olin Lathrop‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

@samcarter: OK, I added some weasel words. That doesn't change the fact that this is either a very dumb question, or a very badly written one. It's not clear whether the issue is that anything happens when you click a link, that Chrome specifically run versus some other browser or app, or that the browser that runs gets the focus. I answered the first, since it is the easiest. If that's not what the OP wants, then it's on him to write a proper question. This user has a history of writing bad questions, never responds to feedback or requests for clarification, and doesn't care enough to correct anything despite the overwhelming negative response from other users.

samcarter‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

There are even applications like the newsreader Vienna, who will by default open links in the background, so you can just click without any modifier keys. A really useful feature. I'm quite surprised that this isn't a thing in the windows world.

TextKit‭ wrote almost 3 years ago

Dr. Lathrop, you appeared to have interpreted my question ungraciously. Your comment appears unmannerly. I edited my post to clarify. clearer now?