[Bug]: UX Right click context menu is missing a "Open in new tab"
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Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
- Nextcloud Server is running on 64bit capable CPU, PHP and OS.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
I have received two independent complaints from users that they thought that is impossible to open a file in a new tab in Nextcloud. You can actually do it with a middle or ctrl click, but it seems many users don't know the trick.
Since Nextcloud takes over the right-click menu, I believe it should include an Option to open in a new tab as well.
Steps to reproduce
Expected behavior
Installation method
Other Community project
Nextcloud Server version
25
Operating system
None
PHP engine version
None
Web server
None
Database engine version
None
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
None
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
No response
List of activated Apps
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Nextcloud Signing status
No response
Nextcloud Logs
No response
Additional info
No response
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The report names no file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the frontend right-click context-menu implementation for files, reproduce the menu in Nextcloud 25, and verify that an “Open in new tab” option is available alongside the existing middle- or ctrl-click behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100