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Does not work. Got a message at the right of the address bar: Popup blocked. Then I allowed popups. And voilà, it opens in a popup, not a tab! Chrome 22.0.1229.94 on OS X Lion.

nalply
– nalply

2012-10-21 10:28:07 +00:00
Commented Oct 21, 2012 at 10:28
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@b1naryatr0phy That's because you didn't actually test it properly. Change the settings in your browsers. Whether it's opened in a tab or window is determined by your browser's settings. There's nothing you can do by calling window.open (or any Javascript) to choose how to open the new window/tab.

Ian
– Ian

2013-04-18 13:56:16 +00:00
Commented Apr 18, 2013 at 13:56
Question : I set url without protocol ( for example my.site.com/Controller/Index). As result i get new window (tab) by url such as url of current page (from where i use function OpenInNewTab) plus passed into function url. With protocol window opens by correct link. Why?

user2167382
– user2167382

2014-05-15 09:07:06 +00:00
Commented May 15, 2014 at 9:07
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var win = window.open(url, '_blank'); the '_blank' isn't necessary, for window.open(), the second parameter is strWindowName, for: A string name for the new window. The name can be used as the target of links and forms using the target attribute of an <a> or <form> element. The name should not contain any whitespace characters. Note that strWindowName does not specify the title of the new window.

hydRAnger
– hydRAnger

2015-11-18 09:33:39 +00:00
Commented Nov 18, 2015 at 9:33
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@hydRAnger same window.open() link on MDN: To open a new window on every call of window.open(), use the special value _blank for windowName.

rdela
– rdela

2020-06-07 08:32:17 +00:00
Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 8:32

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