Programmatically open new pages on Tabs

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I m trying to  force  Safari or IE7 to open a new page using a new tab   Programmatically I mean something like   window open  page html   newtaborsomething

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Those of you trying to use the following:

window.open('page.html', '_newtab');

should really look at the window.open method.

All you are doing is telling the browser to open a new window NAMED "_newtab" and load page.html into it. Every new page you load will load into that window. However, if a user has their browser set to open new pages in new tabs instead of new windows, it will open a tab. Regardless, it's using the same name for the window or tab.

If you want different pages to open in different windows or tabs you will have to change the NAME of the new window/tab to something different such as:

window.open('page2.html', '_newtab2');

Of course the name for the new window/tab could be any name like page1, page2, page3, etc. instead of _newtab2.

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lt a href  http   www google com   target   self  gt New Tab Example lt  a gt    Works in IE7   Regards   Glenn

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lt a href  http   www google com   target   self  gt New Tab Example lt  a gt    Works in IE7   Regards   Glenn

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It s up to the user whether they want to use new tabs or new windows  it isn t the business of the developer to modify this behaviour  I do not think you can do it   Pet peeve of mine - I hate it when sites force me to open in a new window   tab - I am quite capable of making that decision for myself  Particularly when they do it in javascript - that is really unhelpful

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I found out in Chrome   window open  page html    newtab     will only work once   You can use   window open ct getNewHref     newtab    Math floor Math random   999999      To open multiple new tabs

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You can t directly control this  because it s an option controlled by Internet Explorer users   Opening pages using Window open with a different window name will open in a new browser window like a popup  OR open in a new tab  if the user configured the browser to do so

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If you wanted to you could use this method  which is a bit hacky  but would offer the desired functionality   jQuery   lt a  gt          id   foo       href   http   google com       title   Become a Googler       rel   external       text   Go to Google        target   blank       style  display none      appendTo   mySelector         foo   click

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I found out in Chrome   window open  page html    newtab     will only work once   You can use   window open ct getNewHref     newtab    Math floor Math random   999999      To open multiple new tabs

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You can  in Firefox it works  add the attribute target   newtab  to the anchor to force the opening of a new tab    lt a href  some url  target   newtab  gt content of the anchor lt  a gt    In javascript you can use  window open  page html    newtab      Said that  I partially agree with Sam  You shouldn t force user to open new pages or new tab without showing them a hint on what is going to happen before they click on the link   Let me know if it works on other browser too  I don t have a chance to try it on other browser than Firefox at the moment    Edit  added reference for ie7 Maybe this link can be useful http   social msdn microsoft com forums en-US ieextensiondevelopment thread 951b04e4-db0d-4789-ac51-82599dc60405

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You can t directly control this  because it s an option controlled by Internet Explorer users   Opening pages using Window open with a different window name will open in a new browser window like a popup  OR open in a new tab  if the user configured the browser to do so

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It s up to the user whether they want to use new tabs or new windows  it isn t the business of the developer to modify this behaviour  I do not think you can do it   Pet peeve of mine - I hate it when sites force me to open in a new window   tab - I am quite capable of making that decision for myself  Particularly when they do it in javascript - that is really unhelpful

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This works 100   window open  http   www google com     newtab    Date now

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You can t directly control this  because it s an option controlled by Internet Explorer users   Opening pages using Window open with a different window name will open in a new browser window like a popup  OR open in a new tab  if the user configured the browser to do so

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You can  in Firefox it works  add the attribute target   newtab  to the anchor to force the opening of a new tab    lt a href  some url  target   newtab  gt content of the anchor lt  a gt    In javascript you can use  window open  page html    newtab      Said that  I partially agree with Sam  You shouldn t force user to open new pages or new tab without showing them a hint on what is going to happen before they click on the link   Let me know if it works on other browser too  I don t have a chance to try it on other browser than Firefox at the moment    Edit  added reference for ie7 Maybe this link can be useful http   social msdn microsoft com forums en-US ieextensiondevelopment thread 951b04e4-db0d-4789-ac51-82599dc60405

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This works 100   window open  http   www google com     newtab    Date now

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It s up to the user whether they want to use new tabs or new windows  it isn t the business of the developer to modify this behaviour  I do not think you can do it   Pet peeve of mine - I hate it when sites force me to open in a new window   tab - I am quite capable of making that decision for myself  Particularly when they do it in javascript - that is really unhelpful

User · Answer

You can  in Firefox it works  add the attribute target   newtab  to the anchor to force the opening of a new tab    lt a href  some url  target   newtab  gt content of the anchor lt  a gt    In javascript you can use  window open  page html    newtab      Said that  I partially agree with Sam  You shouldn t force user to open new pages or new tab without showing them a hint on what is going to happen before they click on the link   Let me know if it works on other browser too  I don t have a chance to try it on other browser than Firefox at the moment    Edit  added reference for ie7 Maybe this link can be useful http   social msdn microsoft com forums en-US ieextensiondevelopment thread 951b04e4-db0d-4789-ac51-82599dc60405

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This may work if you can call a batch file  I use php with  XP sp2 and IE8    you can try IE7  dunno   Use the following  or similar  in your  bat file to open Windows  Start   C  Progra 1 Intern 1 iexplore  http   www site com   There is no space between the quotation mark and C  Progr    etc  At some point  this may begin to open new windows  i e   target   blank   rather than new tabs  but works up to a point  not extensively tested  To use this in a regular batch file  CMD exe   you probably need to have a window already open  Just sharing something I stumbled across  EDITED for clarification

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Have you already tried like  var open link   window open      blank    open link location  somepage html

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If you wanted to you could use this method  which is a bit hacky  but would offer the desired functionality   jQuery   lt a  gt          id   foo       href   http   google com       title   Become a Googler       rel   external       text   Go to Google        target   blank       style  display none      appendTo   mySelector         foo   click

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It s up to the user whether they want to use new tabs or new windows  it isn t the business of the developer to modify this behaviour  I do not think you can do it   Pet peeve of mine - I hate it when sites force me to open in a new window   tab - I am quite capable of making that decision for myself  Particularly when they do it in javascript - that is really unhelpful

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The code I use with jQuery      a btn external   click function         url to open     this  attr  href        window open url to open    blank        return false        This is useful to distinguish between the click events of a parent in a child  By using this method  you do not trigger the parent s click event

User · Answer

Those of you trying to use the following:

window.open('page.html', '_newtab');

should really look at the window.open method.

All you are doing is telling the browser to open a new window NAMED "_newtab" and load page.html into it. Every new page you load will load into that window. However, if a user has their browser set to open new pages in new tabs instead of new windows, it will open a tab. Regardless, it's using the same name for the window or tab.

If you want different pages to open in different windows or tabs you will have to change the NAME of the new window/tab to something different such as:

window.open('page2.html', '_newtab2');

Of course the name for the new window/tab could be any name like page1, page2, page3, etc. instead of _newtab2.

User · Answer

You can t directly control this  because it s an option controlled by Internet Explorer users   Opening pages using Window open with a different window name will open in a new browser window like a popup  OR open in a new tab  if the user configured the browser to do so

User · Answer

The code I use with jQuery      a btn external   click function         url to open     this  attr  href        window open url to open    blank        return false        This is useful to distinguish between the click events of a parent in a child  By using this method  you do not trigger the parent s click event

User · Answer

This may work if you can call a batch file  I use php with  XP sp2 and IE8    you can try IE7  dunno   Use the following  or similar  in your  bat file to open Windows  Start   C  Progra 1 Intern 1 iexplore  http   www site com   There is no space between the quotation mark and C  Progr    etc  At some point  this may begin to open new windows  i e   target   blank   rather than new tabs  but works up to a point  not extensively tested  To use this in a regular batch file  CMD exe   you probably need to have a window already open  Just sharing something I stumbled across  EDITED for clarification

User · Answer

Have you already tried like  var open link   window open      blank    open link location  somepage html

User · Answer

You can  in Firefox it works  add the attribute target   newtab  to the anchor to force the opening of a new tab    lt a href  some url  target   newtab  gt content of the anchor lt  a gt    In javascript you can use  window open  page html    newtab      Said that  I partially agree with Sam  You shouldn t force user to open new pages or new tab without showing them a hint on what is going to happen before they click on the link   Let me know if it works on other browser too  I don t have a chance to try it on other browser than Firefox at the moment    Edit  added reference for ie7 Maybe this link can be useful http   social msdn microsoft com forums en-US ieextensiondevelopment thread 951b04e4-db0d-4789-ac51-82599dc60405

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