Open Person in New Tab

This feature lets you open individual people records from a list without losing your original search.

The feature is available on the following pages:

  • People > Search / Find

  • Search Builder results

  • Tags

  • Involvement People list

  • Names listed in Birthdays section on Home Page

When this is set to on (which is the default), and you click on a name in the list, that person’s record will open in a new tab. This means you can look at that person’s record, even edit it if you need to, without losing your search results in Search Builder, your filtered list in People Search, your Tag, or the Involvement.

Caution

It is possible for you to ‘lose the focus’ of that new tab, if, for example, you move from that person’s record to a new search (instead of returning to the tab with your original search). You will notice that this has happened, if you click a link in the new search, and the link for the individual does not open a new tab. To fix this, close and reopen TouchPoint.

More about how it works

Your search results (list) will be retained on one tab, and a new tab will be opened for the person whose name you clicked. This allows you to move back and forth between your search results (list) and the person’s record. When you return to the tab with your search results, you can click on another person. Each time you click a different name, the people record on the other tab changes to that person’s record. It does not keep opening a new tab for each new person; it uses that first new tab.

The option Open Person in New Tab is controlled by you. You can set this as either off or on in the Welcome drop-down where you see your name in the main menu. If the toggle is green, the option is turned on.

See also

Welcome Header

Tip

To view the search and the person side by side, drag one tab out of the main window to create a second window. As you click names in the search results, the person record updates in the other window.



Latest Update

10/16/2026

Updated terminology to Involvement and cleaned up formatting. Removed informal wording.