Useful script, but you could also divert the popups open by Google Reader into tabs, that way you could use the built-in "v" button.

Open about:config and set:
browser.link.open_external -> 3
browser.link.open_newwindow -> 3
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction -> 2

And just allow popups for google.com (when Firefox shows the blocked pop-up icon on the status bar)

Google Reader now has this functionality built in by hitting 'V'

I wrote a userscript for new Google Reader, based on Mark's script. It is available at http://greader.ja.googlepages.com/greader-show-...

NOTE: the shortcut key is changed to 'y' because 't' is reserved by Google Reader to 'Edit Tag'.

I just ran into the problem with not being able to type 't' into a text field, so I've worked out a fix. I've updated my version of the code here.

Can the script check to make sure there aren't any text fields active when the 't' event fires to avoid opening tabs at the wrong times?

Now that it works, I found another bug. The script triggers when I am editing the labels of a particular feed. As I was typing "favorites" it opened up the post in a new tab and only had "favories" in the text entry box. Cutting and pasting a "t" is a usable workaround for now, though.

Thanks. It works just right now. Now if only google reader had a "mark all as read" feature, I would be all set.

Yeah, Reader's HTML changed at the end of last week so the script couldn't locate the link it needs to open. I've put a fixed version here.

This script was exactly what I wa looking for, but it doesn't work for me. Nothing at all happens when I press the "t" key. Is there something I'm missing? (FF 1.5, GM 0.6.4, WinXP SP2)

Nice; I'd been looking for a way to open original items in tabs in the background. Minor problem in that the 't' key press was also activating find-as-you-type for me, which then captured all succeeding key presses. Simple fix is to add this:

try {
event.preventDefault();
} catch (e) {
}
return false;

after the call to GM_openInTab.

This messes up the usual use of Ctrl-T to open a new tab.

good work! simple but usefull!