diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.test.ts
index a08b992bb00..9d26fa29212 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   openPullRequestLink,
   parseChangeRequestUrl,
   PullRequestLinkOpenError,
+  shouldOpenPullRequestExternally,
 } from "./openPullRequestLink";
 
 describe("openPullRequestLink", () => {
@@ -34,6 +35,17 @@ describe("openPullRequestLink", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("shouldOpenPullRequestExternally", () => {
+  it("uses the browser for command-click and control-click", () => {
+    expect(shouldOpenPullRequestExternally({ metaKey: true, ctrlKey: false })).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldOpenPullRequestExternally({ metaKey: false, ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps an unmodified click in the pull request view", () => {
+    expect(shouldOpenPullRequestExternally({ metaKey: false, ctrlKey: false })).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("parseChangeRequestUrl", () => {
   it("reads a GitHub pull request", () => {
     expect(parseChangeRequestUrl("https://github.com/T3Tools/T3Code/pull/123")).toEqual({
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.ts
index 951c02e4b4d..8943f907b3f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/openPullRequestLink.ts
@@ -173,10 +173,19 @@ export function findProjectForChangeRequest(
  * should still be reading it afterwards. Any change request opens there, not only the thread's
  * own, since the panel is told which one to show.
  */
+export function shouldOpenPullRequestExternally(
+  event: Pick<MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, "metaKey" | "ctrlKey">,
+): boolean {
+  return event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey;
+}
+
 export function useOpenChangeRequestLink(
   threadRef?: ScopedThreadRef,
 ): (
-  event: Pick<MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, "preventDefault" | "stopPropagation">,
+  event: Pick<
+    MouseEvent<HTMLElement>,
+    "preventDefault" | "stopPropagation" | "metaKey" | "ctrlKey"
+  >,
   targetUrl: string,
   targetThreadRef?: ScopedThreadRef,
 ) => boolean {
@@ -186,6 +195,7 @@ export function useOpenChangeRequestLink(
   const primaryEnvironmentId = usePrimaryEnvironmentId();
   return useCallback(
     (event, targetUrl, targetThreadRef) => {
+      if (shouldOpenPullRequestExternally(event)) return false;
       const resolvedThreadRef = targetThreadRef ?? threadRef;
       const environmentId = resolvedThreadRef?.environmentId ?? primaryEnvironmentId;
       if (