https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193969
--- Comment #4 from Graeme Hewson ---
The behaviour is much the same in Akregator 5.13.3 with the default settings.
The default Browser setting is Left mouse click = Open in Tab. Perhaps this
indicates it's working as designed, but as the OP said this
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193969
--- Comment #3 from Justin Zobel ---
Thank you for the bug report.
As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can
please confirm that the issue still persists.
If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change
