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How to invoke the same browser instance from a web link

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In HTML you do this by specifying a named target:

<a href="page2.html" target="myotherwindow">Link 2</a>
<a href="page3.html" target="myotherwindow">Link 3</a>
<a href="page4.html" target="myotherwindow">Link 4</a>

All will open in the same window.

Note: If the user has their preferences set to open new windows in tabs, these will all reference the same tab (vs. window)

scunliffe 2010-08-05 14:32:28

Thanks, i didn't know it ! But when i click the second time (in Firefox) content is loaded in the new tab but it remains hidden, is it normal?

Cris 2010-08-05 14:40:13

Correct, it changes the content but does not assign focus. If you want to do that, you'll need to use the JavaScript `window.open(url,name,features);` method. When you assign a name, you can then later give it focus... e.g. create the popup `window.open('page3.html', 'myotherwindow','statusbar=yes');` load new content... `myotherwindow.document.location.href = 'page4.hmtl';` then (re)set the focus `myotherwindow.focus();`

scunliffe 2010-08-05 17:45:08

Great, my friend, you're the man !!I've made my_win=window.open('page.html','mywindow');if(my_win!=null) my_win.focus();Thank you very much!!

Cris 2010-08-06 08:05:05

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