Agreed; you’re not alone.
It seems to me that when one opens a new tab, the focus should shift to that tab. You mention that’s the way Firefox works. Brave (Muon) also offered this as an option. (Choices are great!)
This is a furrow that’s been previously plowed:
https://community.brave.com/t/open-link-in-new-tab-doesnt-open-the-tab/36900
Description of the issue:
Right Click on Link No Longer goes to the New Tab with the Link
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
Right Click on Link No Longer goes to the New Tab with the Link
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
Expected result:
Reproduces how often:
Everytime
Brave Version(about:brave):
Version 0.57.18 Chromium: 71.0.3578.80 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
Yes
Additional Information:
Windows 1…
and
I switched from Brave (Muon) to Brave v0.55.22 (Chromium), currently updated to v0.57.18.
Under Windows 7 (s/p 1) 32- and 64-bit installations
highlight a bookmark | right-click | select “Open link in new tab”
or
highlight a url | right-click | select “Open link in new tab”
In other browsers (including Brave v0.25.2 (Muon), Firefox, IE, Opera, Vivaldi …), this sequence opens the link in a new tab and focuses on the newly opened tab. Brave (Chromium) creates a new tab with what’s chosen but …
Repeating my request: offer this as an option. Choices are great! There’s no one-size-fits-all.
Unfortunately, Brave doesn’t appear to be responsive to this request.