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    Default Default Opening Behaviour of Search in Quick Reply

    I often get half way (or further) through a reply and realise I need to do a search of the forum for something. If I am unmindful, when I enter my search terms and hit enter the search opens in the same browser tab as I am currently in and I lose what I have written (hitting the "back" button takes me back to the thread, but the quick reply box with my typing in it is gone). Often I then just do not bother rewriting and the world loses yet another profound and insightful post.

    I haven't tested this with the "go advanced" interface, but I did just test it here at the "post new thread" interface and it seems when I hit the "back" button from the search I do recover the editor with text intact.

    Anyway, what I was wondering was, could the marvellous and ridiculously clever devs perhaps set it up so that the default behaviour of the search was to open with results in a new tab? Just a thought.

    James.

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    What I do is right click on the 'advanced search' and when the drop down menu appears I select 'open link in new tab.'

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    Yeah Jimmy, when I remember I do that too. Problem is, I rarely remember

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    Tie a string around your finger. It's easier and more likely to work

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