Tip To quickly open a link in a new tab on Google Chrome, hold down the control button while clicking on it with your mouse. On a Mac computer, hold down the command button rather than control.

Tweak a setting and Google will open a search result link in a new tab instead of your current tab.

If you're doing more than a simple search on Google, you probably want those links to open in a new tab instead of the current one, so your original results are always available.

How to Open a New Tab in Safari While Clicking on Something. Tabs allow you to simultaneously open numerous Web pages in Safari without cluttering your taskbar with multiple Safari windows.

Learn how to force Safari to open links that would otherwise create a new window in a new tab instead.