How to open highlighted URLs in a new Tab using IE7?

Question

I would like to drag text URLs to open them in a new tab.

This is a feature that actually made me work with IE7. I can't find this in IE8, not even through add-ons. IE7 had this add-on though, I think it's called "drag.. something".

Answer 1

Did you try Utilu IE Collection? It's contains a lot of different versions of IE

Answer 2

I can drag-and-drop it to the address bar, the title bar, and the content window in IE8. Where are you having trouble dragging and dropping to?

Answer 3

There's the quero Toolbar which offers the following feature:

Go to text URLs
Jump to URLs that are not hyperlinked.

So if that's what you need, you can use it in IE9 and any other IE version you want.

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There's also SuperAddOn, which offers a drag/drop functionality:

Up (U) direction command:
Search the text (using an IE bar, e.g. the Search bar) or Open URL in a New IE Tab.