Bug 450896

Summary:	Okular doesn't take middle clicks for internal links
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	David <david.cortes.rivera>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aacid
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description David 2022-02-26 23:00:03 UTC

SUMMARY
Middle-clicking internal PDF links to sections within a PDF doesn't work in Okular.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Configure okular to have tabs for documents.
2. Open some PDF with internal links that take to some section of the same PDF.
3. Try to middle-click the internal link.

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing happens.

EXPECTED RESULT
Should open the link in a new tab.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.88.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-2-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD VEGA10

Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2022-02-27 11:19:32 UTC

Why should it?

Comment 2 David 2022-02-27 15:20:46 UTC

(In reply to Albert Astals Cid from comment #1)
> Why should it?

In most common applications (e.g. web browsers, file managers, terminals, etc.) a middle-click opens links in a new tab.

Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2022-02-27 18:15:36 UTC

Okular is not a web browser nor a terminal not a file manager, any document viewer with that behaviour?

Comment 4 David 2022-02-27 19:49:17 UTC

(In reply to Albert Astals Cid from comment #3)
> Okular is not a web browser nor a terminal not a file manager, any document
> viewer with that behaviour?

I am not familiar with any other document viewer with support for tabs, other than Konqueror if you want to consider it as such, which does open links in new tabs when middle-clicked.

PDF viewers in web browsers (at least chromium-based ones) also open internal links in a new tab when middle clicked, if you count them as document viewers.

Sioyek (PDF viewer without tabs) opens internal links in a web browser when middle-clicked.

Evince doesn't support tabs, but offers the option to open internal links in a new window when right-clicked, which is probably the closest thing.

Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2022-02-27 21:56:07 UTC

I don't agree, but i guess a wish is a wish.