Can window.open open multiple tabs at once?

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Can I open a new window but with multiple tabs?

Something like this:

window.open("cnn.com;foxnews.com;nyt.com");

@dystroy: Think he wants to open one window with two tabs. Called `open` twice will give you two windows with one tab (apparently). — Matt, Jul 26 '13 at 17:24
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-url-in-new-tab-using-javascript — HIRA THAKUR, Jul 26 '13 at 17:27
will the three tabs have different urls and will they pop up at the same time? — HIRA THAKUR, Jul 26 '13 at 17:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '13 at 17:29

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There's no concept of tab in standard DOM.

In fact when you ask the browser to open a window it might be a tab, depending on the browser and user settings.

So, apart writing extensions that the user will have to install, no, you can't do that.

answered Jul 26 '13 at 17:29

Denys Séguret

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 06:15

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it's Possible open multiple tabs at once the below code is useful

 function openMultipleTabs() {
        var w1 = window.open('http://localhost/sample/first.aspx', '1');
        var w2 = window.open('http://localhost/sample/second.aspx', '2');
        var w3 = window.open('http://localhost/sample/third.aspx', '3');
       }

answered Jun 17 '15 at 06:15

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this does work in latest chrome after allowing popups – Robert Laverty Jan 23 '18 at 17:05

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 26 '13 at 17:50

No.There is absolutely nothing that a coder can do to open multiple tabs.No for loops can do the job.

The closest I got to a solution was--

Using setInterval with every interval redirecting to some page.But again this cant be occuring at a single instance.

so,the best that you can do is have a window.open("someurl.com") getting opened up in new tab and window.location.href="some_other_url.com"; which will open in the same tab.

DEMO

But,there is nothing that can open multiple tabs at single instance.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 10 '21 at 07:06

Yes, it's possible to open multiple tabs using window.open if you specify a different windowName when calling var window = window.open(url, windowName, [windowFeatures]);

The docs state that windowName is:

A DOMString specifying the name of the browsing context (window, iframe or tab) into which to load the specified resource; if the name doesn't indicate an existing context, a new window is created and is given the name specified by windowName.

This name can be used as the target for the target attribute of or
elements. The name should not contain whitespace. Keep in mind that this will NOT be used as the window's title.

Can window.open open multiple tabs at once?

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