Bringing up this old OP to note an updated point on it ... I am at a friend's place for several days helping him move.
Using Chrome on one of his laptops. Right-click and selecting Open Link In New Tab from the context menu works properly. Holding CTRL and left-clicking, which is a shortcut vs. selecting from the context menu, does not work ... the link opens in the parent tab unless "Use Scroll Highlighting" is unchecked.
