I am developing a web application that emulates a common file browser for the desktop, but for downloaded files. It offers the user several “views” for a folder, such as a list, parts, and thumbnails. This allows them to use the Shift and Ctrl combinations to simultaneously select multiple files for bulk file operations, similar to a traditional file browser.
Unfortunately, Opera's default behavior is to load the image when you press Ctrl-Click, which disrupts the multi-click Ctrl-click in thumbnail view.
I know that Opera allows you to disable this for your own browser, but from the point of view of UX, I would like you to not have to post a message on the page that instructed users on how to do this or, even worse, to not offer this feature for multiple Opera users.
Maybe there is a meta tag or some kind of javascript-wizardry that I can use to tell Opera not to load the image when the user is Ctrl-Click?
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