ChatGPT user suspects A/B test killed right-click 'open in new tab' on sidebar
Stade_gangster · reddit · 2026-09-21
A Reddit user reports that right-click functionality on the ChatGPT sidebar (open in new tab, copy link) is completely broken on their main account while working fine on others, suggesting a server-side UI experiment by OpenAI.
- Ruled out browser issues: cache clears, Chrome reinstall, other browsers — only the primary account is affected
- Suspects sidebar items were changed from <a> links to JS onClick <div>/<button> elements, killing middle-click/Ctrl+click behavior
- Particularly painful for users who keep 4-5 conversation tabs open; the desktop app doesn't replicate browser-style tabs
- Author is asking for Tampermonkey scripts or extensions to restore the behavior
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