PC Tip: Open website in new tab with one mouse click
You probably have many websites bookmarked in your browser. But when you need to go to one, using the favorites menu takes time, especially when you want to open a new tab. It takes multiple clicks.
How many clicks does it take?
Let’s see – um... one click to open a tab, then click on Favorites, then click on the new site. That doesn’t seem like much, but all three clicks are in different locations on the screen. And if the new site is in a subfolder under Favorites, even more clicks are required. With a little setup, you can do this all with one click.
This tip is specific to Internet Explorer. Firefox and Chrome are a little different; I can cover them in a future article. First you must set up a toolbar called Links, if you don’t already have it visible. This is easy – just right click a blank area by the menu bar.
If there is no checkmark left of the Links item, click it. When checked, the Links toolbar is visible. Sometimes it is all the way to the right side of your browser like this (in the red box). 
If so, drag it to the left so you can see all of it. I like to put mine just to the right of the help menu item. This allows you to use all the space to the right of the menus.
There is a special folder under Favorites called Links. Every bookmark you add to this folder shows up on the Links toolbar. You likely already have a few on the toolbar. You can delete them unless you want to keep them.
How to add a bookmark to the Links toolbar
Choose the site you want to add by going to it. Click Favorites | Add to Favorites (or hit CTRL+D). In the Add a Favorite dialog box (see below), change the “Create in:” folder to Links. Click Add.
As soon as you add a bookmark to that folder, the bookmark shows up on the Links toolbar.
In this example, you notice the name of the bookmark is real long. You have limited real estate on the Links toolbar, as you can see here.
Right click the button and choose rename. Type in a new (short) name and the button shrinks to the size of the name. I changed this to Gad for illustration.
Now you see seven links to sites where you only saw two in the previous image with the long name. There is room for about 20 links on my Links toolbar, if they are short enough.
To remove a link from the Links toolbar, right click it and click remove.
How one click can open a new tab AND go to a website
We are all set up. Now click any link on the Links toolbar and you go to that site. Hold the CTRL key down while clicking and you open a new tab and go to the new site.
Now that you have your Links toolbar setup, you are ready to surf easier than you could before.
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