angularjs: trigger ng-click function when user right click and select open in new tab

I'm currently defining an anchor tag like

<a href="" ng-click="controllerFn(scopeVar)">Click here</a>

Inside the controller function I use ng-storage ($localStorage to set some values ​​and then use the angular-ui router to go to the next state. The new link will open in a new tab.

$scope.controllerFn = function(var){
                    $localStorage.headings = $localStorage.headings || {};
                    $localStorage.headings[var.uuid] = var;
                    var url = $state.href('newstate', {id: var.uuid, name : var.name});
                    window.open(url,'_blank');
                };

This works as expected.

However, when the user right-clicks on the anchor tag and selects "open in new tab", the button will not work and the user will be taken to the main landing page instead of the new route.

When the user chooses to open in a new tab, I want to call "controllerFn" so that the $localStorage value is set before entering a new state and the link should open in a new tab.

Is that possible? Any ideas?