How to open a new tab in chrome using javascript ?

[rnimma...@gmail.com]

 window.open(<url>, '_blank') opens a new window

 window.open(<url>) replaces current page URL

[PhistucK]

No... As far as I know, window.open never replaces the current URL if you do not supply a target name. If you do supply a target and the current window name is the same as the target, it may replace the current document. _blank actually opens a new tab in Chrome.

Using the Developer Tools to evaluate such statements is a bit problematic and does not reflect the world as you may expect.

window.open requires a user gesture (a mouse click, for example) to work, or else the new window is blocked by the popup blocker.

Evaluating using the Developer Tools does not add a user gesture and therefore the window or tab or whatever is not opened.

Also, you cannot really control whether the browser opens a tab or a window as a result of window.open. You can make it open a popup window if you supply some property string as the third argument, but not control whether a full window or a tab will be opened.

☆PhistucK

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:19 AM, <rnimma...@gmail.com> wrote:

 window.open(<url>, '_blank') opens a new window

 window.open(<url>) replaces current page URL

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