JavaScript open in a new window, not tab

Question

I have a select box that calls window.open(url) when an item is selected. Firefox will open the page in a new tab by default. However, I would like the page t

Answer 1

I just tried this with IE (11) and Chrome (54.0.2794.1 canary SyzyASan):

window.open(url, "_blank", "x=y")

... and it opened in a new window.

Which means that Clint pachl had it right when he said that providing any one parameter will cause the new window to open.

-- and apparently it doesn't have to be a legitimate parameter!

(YMMV - as I said, I only tested it in two places...and the next upgrade might invalidate the results, any way)

ETA: I just noticed, though - in IE, the window has no decorations.

Answer 2

I had this same question but found a relatively simple solution to it.

In JavaScript I was checking for window.opener !=null; to determine if the window was a pop up. If you're using some similar detection code to determine if the window you're site is being rendered in is a pop up you can easily "turn it off" when you want to open a "new" window using the new windows JavaScript.

Just put this at the top of your page you want to always be a "new" window.

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.opener=null;
</script>

I use this on the log in page of my site so users don't get pop up behavior if they use a pop up window to navigate to my site.

You could even create a simple redirect page that does this and then moves to the URL you gave it. Something like,

JavaScript on parent page:

window.open("MyRedirect.html?URL="+URL, "_blank");

And then by using a little javascript from here you can get the URL and redirect to it.

JavaScript on Redirect Page:

 <script type="text/javascript">
        window.opener=null;

    function getSearchParameters() {
          var prmstr = window.location.search.substr(1);
          return prmstr != null && prmstr != "" ? transformToAssocArray(prmstr) : {};
    }

    function transformToAssocArray( prmstr ) {
        var params = {};
        var prmarr = prmstr.split("&");
        for ( var i = 0; i < prmarr.length; i++) {
            var tmparr = prmarr[i].split("=");
            params[tmparr[0]] = tmparr[1];
        }
        return params;
    }

    var params = getSearchParameters();
    window.location = params.URL;
    </script>

Answer 3

Try:

window.open("", [window name], "height=XXX,width=XXX,modal=yes,alwaysRaised=yes");

I have some code that does what your say, but there is a lot of parameters in it. I think these are the bare minimum, let me know if it doesn't work, I'll post the rest.

Answer 4

Interestingly, I found that if you pass in an empty string (as opposed to a null string, or a list of properties) for the third attribute of window.open, it would open in a new tab for Chrome, Firefox, and IE. If absent, the behavior was different.

So, this is my new call:

 window.open(url, windowName, '');

Answer 5

I may be wrong, but from what I understand, this is controlled by the user's browser preferences, and I do not believe that this can be overridden.

Answer 6

try that method.....

function popitup(url) {
       //alert(url);
       newwindow=window.open("http://www.zeeshanakhter.com","_blank","toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes, top=500, left=500, width=400, height=400");
       newwindow.moveTo(350,150);
   if (window.focus) 
          {
             newwindow.focus()
          }
   return false;
  }