How can I modify this bookmarklet to work on a tab instead of a new window?

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When you put this in your browser it opens a simple notepad to type in.

I don't know enough about javascript to alter it but I would like to make it so it DOESN'T open in a new window but rather in the current window or another tab.

Is this even possible?

javascript:pwin=window.open('','_blank','menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,height=450,width=350');pwin.document.body.contentEditable='true';pwin.document.designMode='on';void(0);if(window.focus){pwin.focus()};

You might like this... http://lifehacker.com/398139/edit-any-web-page-with-a-bookmarklet — Shog9, Oct 18 '10 at 19:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:37

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Technically, window.open does not always open in a new window. You can use _self instead of _blank, and it will open in the same window. Or use _parent and it will open in the current frame's parent.

answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:37

DOK

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:33

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Window.open always opens this in a new window. Instead I think you can try window.location. Not tried tough.

answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:33

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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Ok did a little digging and there is nothing you can do that will guarantee that it will open in a new tab. However if you remove the width and height parameters some browsers will open in a new tab if user preferences haven't overridden this behavior. See this post (2nd answer in list) Stackoverflow post

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answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:41

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:51

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If you aren't looking to open a window, then don't window.open()

Setting window.location should do the trick, as pointed out by Sachin

answered Oct 18 '10 at 18:51

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How can I modify this bookmarklet to work on a tab instead of a new window?

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