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Why does Chromium block Ctrl+Click any link on http://www.amd.com as if it were a pop-up?

Using: Chromium 44.0.2403.89 in Ubuntu 15.04 (no extensions)

Also, I noticed this on other pages as well (including some links on http://www.cnn.com).

Note: The issue is also posted here: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=531549

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    I get the same behavior in Windows 7 (Chromium 45.0.2454.85).
    – i_am_root
    Sep 14, 2015 at 16:48
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    I'm not seeing anything unusual with Ctrl+Click in Google Chrome Version 45.0.2454.85 (64-bit) with www.amd.com. Links open in new tabs as expected. Maybe Ubuntu's Chromium 44 is a bit odd?
    – DK Bose
    Sep 14, 2015 at 16:49
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    I also witnessed this behavior which tells me the behavior is limited to amd.com. As for the reason I would assume its a misbehaving code on their website causing it.
    – Ramhound
    Sep 14, 2015 at 17:15
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    amd.com perfectly works on firefox and opera. So the fault should be in chrome, not in the website.
    – Nirmal Seneviratne
    Sep 16, 2015 at 15:39
  • Curiously, this only happens when you ctl-click (since I'm on a Mac, it's Cmd-click). It doesn't happen when you right-click and select Open in a new Window. So I suspect there's Javascript that's specifically catching the event sent with ctl-click.
    – Barmar
    Sep 18, 2015 at 18:46

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Per the same link you provided, this has already been recognized as an issue by the Chromium team and is under investigation.

The only likely fix until resolved by the Chromium developers is globally whitelisting *.amd.com in Chrome. To do this:

  1. Click Manage Pop-up blocking... in Chrome's popup notification.
  2. In the text entry field at the bottom of the window, type in *.amd.com and ensure the Behavior option is set to Allow.
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