Can Item links be forced to open in tabs?

DEVONthink
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I use Item links (in the form of x-devonthink-item://…) to quite some extend as it is a fast lane to relevant files in my databases files from other apps. In order to keep the window count in sane numbers I would like those links to open in a new tab in DEVONthink. Currently each external link opens a new window. I searched the preferences (tabbed browsing is enabled there) and the forums but did not find anything. Is this possible?

Also, a lot of apps have a feature “collect tabs” (or “Merge all Windows”). I’m not sure which version of macOS introduced this). If DEVONthink could adopt that, it would be a pragmatic workaround to this.
-Roland

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Any link can be opened in a new tab either via the contextual menu or by Command-clicking.

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Any link can be opened in a new tab either via the contextual menu or by Command-clicking.

This is true for links I click inside DEVONthink. But I was writing about clicking on links in other apps (e.g. Pages, Things, TextEdit). x-callback URL’s from other apps seem to always open new windows in DT.

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This isn’t possible right now but we might improve this in upcoming releases. In the meantime you could try to append &reveal=1 to the URLs to reveal the item in the current main window instead of opening a new window.

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you could try to append &reveal=1 to the URLs to reveal the item in the current main window

Thank you, somehow I missed this in the documentation. I guess this covers quite a fraction of my use cases and I’m a happy shopper again :slight_smile:

(as a hint for other readers: if the reveal parameter is the only parameter, you’ll need a ? instead of a & e.g.: x-devonthink-item://ABC-DEF?reveal=1)

Roland

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Any chance this improvement may see the light of day sooner rather than later?

See also the comments (and defect) reported here: open x-devonthink-item links in main window.

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There’s always a chance but everybody wants to see his/her request fulfilled first of course :slight_smile: