New tabs suddenly stop working until I right-click the Chrome icon in the taskbar at the bottom, then all of a sudden the new tabs load normally again. I just have to right-click the icon, nothing more, I know that sounds weird.

However, the tabs that are already open work normally and I can also open new pages in them. The error only occurs when I open a new tab, and that only happens sporadically from time to time, then I right-click the icon in the taskbar and the new tabs load again.

Does anyone else have the error?

I am on Chrome on a macbook (AFAIK everything is up to date) and I also have RES.

I use the command+click to open comments link into new tabs, but starting yesterday, this stopped working only on comments links on reddit (it works on reddit on Safari, and other sites on Chrome).

The tab opens then closes immediately. Don't know where else to ask. Is there a setting I might have changed inadvertently?

I noticed this earlier today, it wasn't an issue previously. When I search something on Google and click on a link, it'll open as a new tab, leaving the tab for the search results open. This is happening on 2 different PCs, and I've already checked to make sure a CTRL button isn't stuck or anything.

This seems specific to my account as the problem doesn't occur in incognito. However, I've gone through my settings multiple times and cant for the life of me even find any option for "open links in new tabs". This is contained to just Google search as well, not getting any issues when opening links on websites and such.

Is anyone else having this issue?

EDIT: Since this post still seems to be getting views and comments, I thought I'd write up what fixed it for me here.

u/mammoth_trust4589's comment is what resolved it for me, which I'll break down here:

1. Go to the Google homepage, the default one that just has the search bar.

2. At the bottom right, select settings>search settings>other settings (top left), and make sure "Results in New Window" is not enabled.

3. For me, it was not enabled, but toggling it on and off again resolved it for me.

4. You may also have to do this on all of your devices logged into the same account, even if you don't have them turned on while doing this (I had to, anyway).

Some people have mentioned the above steps didn't solve it for them though, in which case some have reported disabling extensions fixed it, so might be worth disabling your extensions one by one and trying it out each time to find the one responsible if that's the case. If that STILL doesn't resolve it for you, I unfortunately don't have any other suggestions currently.

This problem doesn't actually seem to be specific to Chrome, as others (and myself) have noticed it on other browsers. It seems to more so be a Google search issue.

Clicking on the links and selecting "Open in New Window" is slowing me down. Its a repetitive task and the seconds are adding up.

I looked for a solution but could not find one.

Instead of simply replacing the Google Search page when clicking a search results, it opens in a new tab. This happens on every device I'm logged into with my Google account including mobile. When I'm not logged in or using incognito, the issue doesn't happen.

I have the option with opening links in new tabs unchecked. I have tried reinstalling chrome, resetting to default settings, removing extensions, clearing cache and cookies, but no luck so far.

Anyone else experiencing this issue or have any suggestions?

*EDIT*
The problem seem to have just disappeared, so sadly I have no solution if this happens to anyone else...