[Feature Request] Open diff files in a new tab with Middle Click on the source tab

[Elaws]

It would be very useful in terms of UX if we could middle click on elements of the Source Control panel to open diff elements in a new tab.

Currently, we can open diff file only with left click, and it replaces current tab with diff tab.

Currently if we want to open diff file in another tab, we need to open it before clicking on the file we want to see the diff of.

Many thanks.

[Vinzent03]

It does work for me. Which plugin version are you using and which OS are you using?

[Elaws]

Thanks for your reply : Well, for some esoteric reason, I can't reproduce this issue. Will investigate next time it happens, and update here if needed.

It happened on Windows 11 with Git plugin 2.38.0.

[Elaws]

Enregistrement.2026-04-10.160428.mp4

Okay so the bug happened again, as you can see on the video above. For some reason middle-click triggers scroll mode, and does not open the file in a new tab.

What I did today was as follows :

1. Make some modifications to some notes.
2. In the Source Control pane, middle-click on a file to check the diff file. It did open in a new tab.
3. I closed that tab.
4. Tried to middle-click on another file : it didn't work this time, even after rebooting Obsidian.

Just checked after writing this comment (Obsidian has not been closed again in the meantime), and it works fine again... Have no idea what's going on.

[Vinzent03]

I tried to reproduce the middle mouse button scroll thing, but I couldn't. I tried on Windows 11. I could scroll with the middle button in the browser but not in Obsidian. So I still don't really know how to help here.