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Target='_blank' to show in new window, NOT new tab, possible?

Answer 1

+12 A:

You cannot control this - it's entirely at the discretion of the user-agent; which is the point, after all. All you can specify is that the page be opened in a different viewpane context, and it's up to the user to decide how they want your window to take up their screen space/taskbar list/Alt-Tab shortcuts etc.

In fact I'd go even further and say that if at all possible you should avoid opening up a new tab/window at all. I know that I get a little annoyed when websites do this, and it feels a bit clunky and 1990s what with all the Ajax and floating divs and magic we have nowadays.

Andrzej Doyle 2009-12-02 17:39:56

Answer 2

+2 A:

I believe this is a browser-only setting that cannot be set from HTML or Javascript.

Joe 2009-12-02 17:40:03

and shouldn't be.

Broam 2009-12-02 17:54:40

Answer 3

+2 A:

<a href="javascript:window.open('http://example.com/popup.html','blank')"&gt;Contact&lt;/a&gt;

Mark Byers 2009-12-02 17:41:02

I believe you mean window.open.

Sean McMillan 2009-12-02 18:03:34

And `_blank`. And `void`, else the window reference's `toString` will replace the current document. And it still doesn't work (will open in new window if that's how the browser is configured). And inaccessible due to the needless use of `javascript:` URLs (don't ever use those).

bobince 2009-12-02 18:32:05

I certainly don't think you should do this, but you can. The inaccessible javascript URLs is a problem that can be easily solved by modifying the document onLoad.

Mark Byers 2009-12-02 19:21:42

Answer 4

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You cannot specify a link opens in a new tab - remember that not all browsers support tabs!

Steve Kemp 2009-12-02 17:50:30

But that's not what he asked.

Mike C. 2009-12-02 17:51:52

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