Okay, after rereading the original message, I should state that, yes, I do have "Open links in new tab instead of new window", "Open new tabs in the background", and "Open tab in existing Konqueror when URL is called externally" all enabled. I think this might be what the original poster was talking about, and it might fix his problem. Settings > Configure Konqueror... > Web Behavior > Tabbed Browsing > Advanced Options On 3/24/06, Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore@xxxxxx> wrote: > > I'd like to have links I open in KMail opened in a new konq tab in the > background. Right now Konq comes up which is a hassle. I get this too (konqueror comes to the top instead of staying below the current window, even though it opens the URL in a new tab). It happens when I open links in Konqueror from aKregator and when I use "kfmclient openURL" with xchat's URL handler. It does not, however, happen when I use the "Add Lyrics" or "Open in external browser" buttons in amaroK's (1.4-svn) context browser or when I open links from Kopete. Focus stealing prevention settings do not appear to have any effect on this. KDE version: 3.5.1 (gentoo split ebuilds) Focus Policy: Click to Focus ("Click raise active window" is disabled) Focus stealing prevention level: Normal ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.