I often want to create a new notebook based on a current one, but not fork it.
Then I click “new” on the top right corner which will replace the current notebook view with a blank document.
I would argue that a “new document” button should open a new window/tab as default. Or at least, that is what I expect it to do - like “file>new file” in a code editor.
Another option would be to allow something like shift+new to open a new tab.
Or in the modal a second button “create notebook in new tab”
On macOS you can command-click the new button for this (or the create notebook button in the new notebook modal). I believe the non-macOS keyboard modifier for the same is ctrl.
The functionality is there, just not we’re I was expecting it.
Suggestion: allow a new tab on Ctrl+“new” too
But yes, using hrefs would could make thinks easier (default click on scroll wheel for new tab eg)
…probably not because the onclick event is captured anyway