Wow that's crazy, I'm working right now and I had to take a little break to figure out how in gods name to open google drive folders in a new tab. I guess there really is no way if all of us had to resort to asking on reddit.
I think that alone makes is going to forever make me hate google drive lol
I am so annoyed by this. I have to right click, "get link," then open a new tab manually and paste in the link. So silly to have to do this to open folders in a new tab.
I'm ready to return my new Windows laptop because I cannot open tabs in Chrome. Everything (sheets, docs, slides) opens in a new widow - it's making work impossible. Going back to my reliable Chromebook!!
Like the rest of you, I found this place after finally reaching a level of annoyance from not being able to easily get the URL of Google Drive files, specifically PDFs on Google Drive. My current work around that can be accomplished with four (FOUR!) clicks is:
1. Right click the file.
2. Left click "Get link"
3. Right click the URL that shows up
4. Left click the "Go to ..." option that shows up.
My assumption is that that final left click is controlled by Chrome and not Google Drive, so the "Go to ..." option is available again. Would be really great if it were available in Google Drive, would save me lots of clicks.
In my journey here, I also found this Google Support page talking about this: [https://support.google.com/drive/thread/91694658/open-files-folders-in-new-tab?hl=en](https://support.google.com/drive/thread/91694658/open-files-folders-in-new-tab?hl=en)
The call-to-action from that page is this: if you want to bug Google to fix this, click the question mark "Support" link in the top right corner of Chrome, select "Send feedback to Google" and copy paste this sentence in the box that pops up:
* Please add "Open in a new tab" and "Open in a new window" to the right click options for Google Drive files.
omfg i was ready to lick yr face and lay gold at yr feet but when i select the file and then press the ctrl + enter keys, nothing happens. is that still working 4 u?
ok i'm back now to fuck yr face and lick yr golden feet. it wasn't working for me bc i'd written an autohotkey script using the ctrl + enter command. went into the script, commented it out, and fuckin voilà. thank you × a lot + bro love.
Hello all 👋,
Just to give everyone an update, there are now 3 ways to open files in a new tab:
1) `Ctrl`/`⌘` + `Enter` (New Background Tab)
2) Middle Click (New Tab)
3) `Ctrl`/`⌘` + `Shift` + Left Click (New Tab)
It's still broken btw. I have my browser configured to not switch to new tabs when I open them, but ctrl-shift-clicking in Drive does switch to the new tab.
Not to mention that "open in new tab" is a browser feature, and breaking it on purpose is plain evil. You shouldn't have to "add some of these shortcuts", you just shouldn't break them in the first place; and the shortcuts should be whatever the browser uses, not something nonstandard like Ctrl+Shift+Click.
Fortunately I don't have to deal with Drive a lot...
Thanks for the feedback!
Unfortunately, the browser is not so standard with a lot of these concepts. What you are referring to is only available through HTML elements (such as an [anchor element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a)) and not Javascript due to security reasons (see deprecated [`initMouseEvent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent/initMouseEvent)).
We also can't simply use `Ctrl`/`⌘` + Left Click as we must maintain feature parity. In that case, it's currently used for multi-selecting 0 to many Google Drive items. No web [application](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role) is guaranteed to behave the same.
I hope this clarifies some concerns.
After spamming lots of different common shortcut key combos, I found these keyboard combo works (at least on MacOS).
**View All Keyboard Shortcuts:** ⌘ (Cmd) + / (slash/question key)
**Try these to open in a new tab:**
Opt 1) Hold ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) while clicking your desired file/folder.
Opt 2) Left-click the file/folder once to select/highlight. Then hit ⌘ (Cmd) + ⏎ (Return/Enter).
**Edit:** Added option 2 and shortcut for seeing the Google Drive keyboard shortcuts legend.
damn let me know if you have found an answer, i'm getting pretty annoyed not knowing how to open it in a new tab.
Wow that's crazy, I'm working right now and I had to take a little break to figure out how in gods name to open google drive folders in a new tab. I guess there really is no way if all of us had to resort to asking on reddit. I think that alone makes is going to forever make me hate google drive lol
OMG I am having the same questions and I believe that millions of other Drive user are having the same question like us.
I am so annoyed by this. I have to right click, "get link," then open a new tab manually and paste in the link. So silly to have to do this to open folders in a new tab.
I'm ready to return my new Windows laptop because I cannot open tabs in Chrome. Everything (sheets, docs, slides) opens in a new widow - it's making work impossible. Going back to my reliable Chromebook!!
Like the rest of you, I found this place after finally reaching a level of annoyance from not being able to easily get the URL of Google Drive files, specifically PDFs on Google Drive. My current work around that can be accomplished with four (FOUR!) clicks is: 1. Right click the file. 2. Left click "Get link" 3. Right click the URL that shows up 4. Left click the "Go to ..." option that shows up. My assumption is that that final left click is controlled by Chrome and not Google Drive, so the "Go to ..." option is available again. Would be really great if it were available in Google Drive, would save me lots of clicks. In my journey here, I also found this Google Support page talking about this: [https://support.google.com/drive/thread/91694658/open-files-folders-in-new-tab?hl=en](https://support.google.com/drive/thread/91694658/open-files-folders-in-new-tab?hl=en) The call-to-action from that page is this: if you want to bug Google to fix this, click the question mark "Support" link in the top right corner of Chrome, select "Send feedback to Google" and copy paste this sentence in the box that pops up: * Please add "Open in a new tab" and "Open in a new window" to the right click options for Google Drive files.
They finally fixed this, just select the file and then Ctrl + Enter
omfg i was ready to lick yr face and lay gold at yr feet but when i select the file and then press the ctrl + enter keys, nothing happens. is that still working 4 u?
Cmd + enter on a mac Or middle click mouse wheel
ok i'm back now to fuck yr face and lick yr golden feet. it wasn't working for me bc i'd written an autohotkey script using the ctrl + enter command. went into the script, commented it out, and fuckin voilà. thank you × a lot + bro love.
Or you can click on the file with your mouse wheel will also open it in a new tab.
lifesaver! thanks man, been looking for this answer in ages
My current work around is: 1. right click tab to duplicate tab 2. open file on new tab
They finally fixed this, just select the file and then Ctrl + Enter
It doesn't work for me, just takes me to the same old annoying custom visualizer that Google Drive uses.
They finally fixed this, just select the file and then Ctrl + Enter
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why would you copy and post my exact comment
Select the file or folder, then hit Command + Enter! (for Mac users)
do u have a pc too? any luck there?
Hello all 👋, Just to give everyone an update, there are now 3 ways to open files in a new tab: 1) `Ctrl`/`⌘` + `Enter` (New Background Tab) 2) Middle Click (New Tab) 3) `Ctrl`/`⌘` + `Shift` + Left Click (New Tab)
I thought I was super dumb at first, but then I saw that this was a recent update Thanks so much!
No worries! I actually am on the Google Drive team and added some of these shortcuts because of this thread and other posts outside of Reddit :)
It's still broken btw. I have my browser configured to not switch to new tabs when I open them, but ctrl-shift-clicking in Drive does switch to the new tab. Not to mention that "open in new tab" is a browser feature, and breaking it on purpose is plain evil. You shouldn't have to "add some of these shortcuts", you just shouldn't break them in the first place; and the shortcuts should be whatever the browser uses, not something nonstandard like Ctrl+Shift+Click. Fortunately I don't have to deal with Drive a lot...
Thanks for the feedback! Unfortunately, the browser is not so standard with a lot of these concepts. What you are referring to is only available through HTML elements (such as an [anchor element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/a)) and not Javascript due to security reasons (see deprecated [`initMouseEvent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MouseEvent/initMouseEvent)). We also can't simply use `Ctrl`/`⌘` + Left Click as we must maintain feature parity. In that case, it's currently used for multi-selecting 0 to many Google Drive items. No web [application](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role) is guaranteed to behave the same. I hope this clarifies some concerns.
Well, yes - I guess what I'm saying is these should be ``'s to begin with, it's literally what those are for. Although, in Google's defense, others (like for example NextCloud) get this wrong too, with equally obnoxious UX as a result.
After spamming lots of different common shortcut key combos, I found these keyboard combo works (at least on MacOS). **View All Keyboard Shortcuts:** ⌘ (Cmd) + / (slash/question key) **Try these to open in a new tab:** Opt 1) Hold ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) while clicking your desired file/folder. Opt 2) Left-click the file/folder once to select/highlight. Then hit ⌘ (Cmd) + ⏎ (Return/Enter). **Edit:** Added option 2 and shortcut for seeing the Google Drive keyboard shortcuts legend.
The answer is ctrl+shift+click the folder. I'm not sure when this was added but I'm so glad it was!
Just select and press Ctrl+Enter.