Gmail: How to open emails in an 'independent' new tab?

Question

When using CTRL+Left Click to open emails in new tabs they are 'dependent' on the tab from which they were opened, which I don't want.

Example of problem:

1. From Tab 1: Gmail inbox I CTRL+Left Click an email, and it opens in Tab 2: Email with an URL on the form https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=btop&ver=...

2. I close Tab 1: Gmail inbox, and Tab 2: Email also closes, which is undesired. There are some other similar undesired effects of this dependent mode.

When an email is opened normally with just a Left Click the URL is on the form https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/... and the tab is completely independen of all other tabs.

I am looking for a convenient way of opening emails in new tabs that are independent from the tab from which it was opened.

Answer 1

there is the option to use old school basic view with URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/

then you can use freely even middle-button-mouse-click

Answer 2

You can hit the Print button when viewing an individual email (icon that looks like a printer, in the upper right).

For me (Chrome browser), this brings up a simplified view of the email in a new tab, and a print dialog. Hitting Cancel on the print dialog leaves the tabbed view of the email, and this tab persists even when the main GMail tab is closed.