Chrome used to have this, not as an option but obligatory. Then Chrome got rid of it. And it doesn’t exist as an extension.
Both Slimjet and Opera have retained it as an option in settings.
I still like Brave better than those, but still how about it?
For those who don’t like that feature, have it turned off by default.
Latest update has it.
Thank you devs. 
Follow up.
Together with this extension I can get it to behave exactly how I want with zero clumsy workarounds. Which I vaguely remember is how Chrome used to behave a long time ago. Or maybe some other browser I used before that.
Thanks again.
Separate bug needs its own thread.