diff --git a/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Panel.svelte b/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Panel.svelte
index 66247cbc..eb35d3e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Panel.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Panel.svelte
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 	import type { Editor } from "@graphite/editor";
 	import { type LayoutKeysGroup, type Key } from "@graphite/messages";
 	import { platformIsMac, isEventSupported } from "@graphite/utility-functions/platform";
-
 	import { extractPixelData } from "@graphite/utility-functions/rasterization";
 
 	import LayoutCol from "@graphite/components/layout/LayoutCol.svelte";
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 	import TextLabel from "@graphite/components/widgets/labels/TextLabel.svelte";
 	import UserInputLabel from "@graphite/components/widgets/labels/UserInputLabel.svelte";
 
+	const BUTTON_LEFT = 0;
 	const BUTTON_MIDDLE = 1;
 
 	const editor = getContext<Editor>("editor");
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	export let panelType: PanelType | undefined = undefined;
 	export let clickAction: ((index: number) => void) | undefined = undefined;
 	export let closeAction: ((index: number) => void) | undefined = undefined;
+	export let emptySpaceAction: (() => void) | undefined = undefined;
 
 	let className = "";
 	export { className as class };
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@
 		});
 	}
 
+	function onEmptySpaceAction(e: MouseEvent) {
+		if (e.target !== e.currentTarget) return;
+		if (e.button === BUTTON_MIDDLE || (e.button === BUTTON_LEFT && e.detail === 2)) emptySpaceAction?.();
+	}
+
 	export async function scrollTabIntoView(newIndex: number) {
 		await tick();
 		tabElements[newIndex]?.div?.()?.scrollIntoView();
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@
 
 <LayoutCol on:pointerdown={() => panelType && editor.handle.setActivePanel(panelType)} class={`panel ${className}`.trim()} {classes} style={styleName} {styles}>
 	<LayoutRow class="tab-bar" classes={{ "min-widths": tabMinWidths }}>
-		<LayoutRow class="tab-group" scrollableX={true}>
+		<LayoutRow class="tab-group" scrollableX={true} on:click={onEmptySpaceAction} on:auxclick={onEmptySpaceAction}>
 			{#each tabLabels as tabLabel, tabIndex}
 				<LayoutRow
 					class="tab"
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Workspace.svelte b/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Workspace.svelte
index 266b0bc4..ab7a6020 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Workspace.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/window/workspace/Workspace.svelte
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 					tabCloseButtons={true}
 					tabMinWidths={true}
 					tabLabels={documentTabLabels}
+					emptySpaceAction={() => editor.handle.newDocumentDialog()}
 					clickAction={(tabIndex) => editor.handle.selectDocument($portfolio.documents[tabIndex].id)}
 					closeAction={(tabIndex) => editor.handle.closeDocumentWithConfirmation($portfolio.documents[tabIndex].id)}
 					tabActiveIndex={$portfolio.activeDocumentIndex}