Using Safari is like going to In-n-Out for a burger – it’s all about ordering off the menu. But instead of a “4 by 4 animal style” I’m going to order a browser that attempts to open every link I click in a new tab, even if it tries to open in a new window. Even realizing that if I click on it using the command-click it will open a new tab anyway. To do so, we’re going to use the TargetedClicksCreateTabs key in the com.apple.Safari.plist file by using the following command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true
I have an opposite day situation. I also need to completely disable the command-click feature for a kiosk computer’s NetBoot image – the environment uses Open Directory users so I can use a managed preference. To do so, I’m going to open Workgroup Manager and then click on the single user for all of the kiosks. Next, I’ll click on Preferences and then click on the Details tab. Then I’ll, click on the + icon and choose Safari. From here, I’ll double-click on the com.apple.Safari entry. If I scroll down, I’ll see Command-Click Makes Tabs. If I click on the true value beside it then it will disable this feature. Clicking save would then commit the changes to the account and I could login as the user again to test.