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Feature request: Fork off a "Back" window

Project Member Reported by dgillies@google.com, Jan 20 2017

Issue description

Chrome Version       : 57
URLs (if applicable) : any
Other browsers tested:
  Add OK or FAIL, along with the version, after other browsers where you

I often have a window on a page and I need to see it at the same time as the previous page.  I usually have to copy the url, then open a new window, pate it, and then go back in the original window.

I have a suggestion to improve the "back" button in chrome.  When you right-click the "back" button, you are given a drop-menu with a history.

Allow us to treat the history window THE SAME as you treat the dropdown for the shortcuts window.  On each link in the history, allow us to right-click the history link, and "Open window in a new tab".

This feature would be fantastic.  Then I would just right click my history, pick the previous page, and "open window in a new tab" -> DONE.

I would have window (N) and (N+1) in separate tabs in my chrome browser.
 

Comment 1 by dgillies@google.com, Jan 20 2017

FEATURE REQUEST
Labels: Type-Feature
Status: Untriaged (was: Unconfirmed)
Considering this as a feature request and marking it as Untriaged to get it addressed.

Thanks..
Components: UI>Browser
Labels: -Restrict-View-Google

Comment 4 by dgillies@google.com, Jan 20 2017

I'll just reiterate to try to make it more clear.

The URLs displayed by the '<-' arrow (back arrow) in the upper left pane of chrome should offer (as much as possible) the same right-click options as the urls displayed by the '>>' arrow in the upper right pane of chrome (dropdown menu used to display the rest of your bookmarks).  This is a more consistent user interface, and would provide time-saving advantages:

a quick way to edit history - (Delete or Cut)
a quick way to copy history urls (Copy)
a quick way to call back a history item in a new tab 
   in a new tab (Open in new tab), or
   in a new window (Open in new window), or 
   incognito window (Open in incognito window)
Status: Archived (was: Untriaged)
Archiving old bugs that haven't been actively assigned in over a year.

If you feel this issue should still be addressed, feel free to reopen it or to file a new issue. Thanks!

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