JavaScript open in a new tab, not window in Chrome browser

Question

I am using,

window.open("Download.php");

This file opens in a new tab for all browsers. But in Chrome, it opens in a new window. So I have tried:

window.open("Download.php",'_blank'); 
window.open("Download.php",'_new');

But it still opens in new window, not a tab. I don't know if this is a coding problem or default settings problem. I am using Chrome v31.0.1650.57 m.

possible duplicate of [Open url in new tab using javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-url-in-new-tab-using-javascript) — JJJ, Nov 19 '13 at 09:39
I have tried. But still problem is there.Any other way ? I put my code in AJAX success side. — JEYASHRI R, Nov 19 '13 at 10:13

Zaheer Ahmed · Answer 1 · 2013-11-19T10:44:47.567

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You can try:

var tab=window.open("Download.php",'_blank'); 
tab.focus();

Steps to verify

create a html file with markup:

<html>
 <body>
   <script>
     function newTab(){
        var tab=window.open("http://conceptf1.blogspot.com/2013/11/javascript-closures.html",'_blank'); 
        tab.focus();
     }
   </script>
   <a href="#" onclick="newTab()">Open Tab</a>
  </body>
</html>

Open it in chrome and click the link.

edited Nov 19 '13 at 10:44

answered Nov 19 '13 at 09:56

Zaheer Ahmed

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Any default browser settings problem ah ? – JEYASHRI R Nov 19 '13 at 10:14
success:function(msg){ if(format=='PDF') window.open("Download.php"); – JEYASHRI R Nov 27 '13 at 10:09
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This works on Firefox 89.0.2 (Desktop) & Edge 91 (Desktop, Chromium) in July 2021, thank you! Edit: I should mention that I used `onclick=window.open("httpexample.com","_blank").focus();` – tycrek Jul 04 '21 at 19:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '14 at 17:28

Short answer: you can't. At least for now, the browser vendors view this as something that should strictly be left to users to define for themselves. You set your target to something that should be a new window, and the browser will use the user's preferences to decide whether it opens as a new window or a new tab.

Long answer: There's a CSS property that would do this on the HTML side, but none of the browsers support it. According to the proposal, you'd use target-new: tab for links that you explicitly want to open in a new tab, and target-new: window for those you want to open in a new window. I don't know of any DOM proposals to do something analogous to this on the JavaScript side.

short answer is as long as long answer :O – gztomas Jun 24 '15 at 20:18 — gztomas, Jun 24 '15 at 20:18

JavaScript open in a new tab, not window in Chrome browser

2 Answers2

Steps to verify

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