Use Ctrl + Shift + Click on the launcher pane to open and activate in a new tab.

Author: SiriusXT

apps/client/src/components/tab_manager.ts

@@ -277,10 +277,18 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
         return noteContext;
     }
 
-    async openInNewTab(targetNoteId: string, hoistedNoteId: string | null = null) {
+    async openInNewTab(targetNoteId: string, hoistedNoteId: string | null = null, activate: boolean = false) {
         const noteContext = await this.openEmptyTab(null, hoistedNoteId || this.getActiveContext()?.hoistedNoteId);
 
         await noteContext.setNote(targetNoteId);
+
+        if (activate && noteContext.notePath) {
+            this.activateNoteContext(noteContext.ntxId, false);
+            await this.triggerEvent("noteSwitchedAndActivated", {
+                noteContext,
+                notePath: noteContext.notePath
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     async openInSameTab(targetNoteId: string, hoistedNoteId: string | null = null) {

apps/client/src/widgets/buttons/launcher/note_launcher.ts

@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ export default class NoteLauncher extends AbstractLauncher {
             await appContext.tabManager.openInSameTab(targetNoteId, hoistedNoteId);
         } else {
             const ctrlKey = utils.isCtrlKey(evt);
+            const activate = evt.shiftKey ? true : false;
 
             if ((evt.which === 1 && ctrlKey) || evt.which === 2) {
                 // TODO: Fix once tabManager is ported.
                 //@ts-ignore
-                await appContext.tabManager.openInNewTab(targetNoteId, hoistedNoteId);
+                await appContext.tabManager.openInNewTab(targetNoteId, hoistedNoteId, activate);
             } else {
                 // TODO: Fix once tabManager is ported.
                 //@ts-ignore

apps/client/src/widgets/buttons/open_note_button_widget.ts

@@ -28,15 +28,21 @@ export default class OpenNoteButtonWidget extends OnClickButtonWidget {
         if (evt.which === 3) {
             return;
         }
+        const hoistedNoteId = this.getHoistedNoteId();
         const ctrlKey = utils.isCtrlKey(evt);
 
         if ((evt.which === 1 && ctrlKey) || evt.which === 2) {
-            await appContext.tabManager.openInNewTab(this.noteToOpen.noteId);
+            const activate = evt.shiftKey ? true : false;
+            await appContext.tabManager.openInNewTab(this.noteToOpen.noteId, hoistedNoteId, activate);
         } else {
             await appContext.tabManager.openInSameTab(this.noteToOpen.noteId);
         }
     }
 
+    getHoistedNoteId() {
+        return this.noteToOpen.getRelationValue("hoistedNote") || appContext.tabManager.getActiveContext()?.hoistedNoteId;
+    }
+
     initialRenderCompleteEvent() {
         // we trigger refresh above
     }