window.open in a new tab
23 Mar 2008
In some automation testing I need to use window.open() to open new tabs rather than completely new browser windows. To do this in Internet Explorer 7, you can set the registry key DWORD name '
This has an equivalent UI setting - open IE Tools, Options. In the General tab, click Settings near the bottom next to 'Tabs'. At the bottom there's some settings for 'Open links from other programs in:'. The value 2 is equivalent to the second choice - 'A new tab in the current window'.
In Firefox, you can get the same result by calling window.open with _new, which doesn't work in IE.
PopupsUseNewWindow' to a value of 2 in the following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsingThis has an equivalent UI setting - open IE Tools, Options. In the General tab, click Settings near the bottom next to 'Tabs'. At the bottom there's some settings for 'Open links from other programs in:'. The value 2 is equivalent to the second choice - 'A new tab in the current window'.
In Firefox, you can get the same result by calling window.open with _new, which doesn't work in IE.