Can I open new browser tabs with javascript?

jhgreene · 10-05-2008, 05:03 PM

Hello -
I understand that browser settings (at least in FF) allow you to tell it to open a new window in a tab or not, but is there any way with the newer versions of FF and IE to control that setting with javascript? In other words, I may want to do a document.window.open(...) in a new window in one case, but in a new tab in another case. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

- Joe

**jamiemac2005** · 10-06-2008, 01:34 AM

Hey, this is purely down to the user's browser settings, opening the page in a blank window would open in a new tab provided the settings are set correctly. I haven't found anything on specifically opening a link in a new tab.

Cheers,
Jamey

10-05-2008, 05:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
jhgreene Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18 OS: XP	Can I open new browser tabs with javascript? Hello - I understand that browser settings (at least in FF) allow you to tell it to open a new window in a tab or not, but is there any way with the newer versions of FF and IE to control that setting with javascript? In other words, I may want to do a document.window.open(...) in a new window in one case, but in a new tab in another case. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. - Joe

10-06-2008, 01:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 1,090 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Can I open new browser tabs with javascript? Hey, this is purely down to the user's browser settings, opening the page in a blank window would open in a new tab provided the settings are set correctly. I haven't found anything on specifically opening a link in a new tab. Cheers, Jamey __________________ Help fight cancer. < I just started =]