new tab in IE and FF, but new windows in Chrome

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i did a lot of researches and methods, none of them is perfect, but at least the code below almost meet my goal, i need the browser to open the new tab by using code behind.

C#

Response.Write("<script>window.open('http://www.google.com');</script>");

code above open new tab in IE and FF, but it open new windows if user using google chrome.
what should i do to make the google to open the new tab as well?

Posted 5-Sep-13 14:50pm

melvintcs

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Solution 1

Unfortunately you can't.

In IE this is the default action and in FireFox this is a setting that the user can change. However in Chrome this is not anything the user has control over, so it does what the spec says and opens a new window.

Posted 5-Sep-13 15:28pm

Ron Beyer

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melvintcs 5-Sep-13 22:02pm

so if there nothing i can change in Chrome's setting so that it will open the new tab? this is sad :(

Ron Beyer 5-Sep-13 22:07pm

No, Chrome has some pretty minimalist settings, I've searched for anything that can be changed and there just isn't one there. There are some extensions that may do it, but I wouldn't count on users installing them.

melvintcs 6-Sep-13 0:02am

may i know what is the name of the extensions?

Ron Beyer 6-Sep-13 0:15am

I honestly don't know, its just what I read online that there may be some extensions out there, you'll have to search the chrome extensions store and see.

melvintcs 6-Sep-13 1:22am

thanks a lot, that's all the information i wanted :) i will do my own research then.

melvintcs 11-Sep-13 20:54pm

I have found that extension, see my updated answer :) Thanks again Ron Beyer :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Sep-13 1:34am

Basically I agree, my 5, but I found that in SeaMonkey (which in many respects behaves like FireFox), parameters of window.open effects the way of presenting a new page: a tab or a separate windows. I don't remember what is it exactly, but it is related to the option showing or hiding those non-client elements of a window. I think it is an attempt to apply some common sense. In all cases, this stuff is purely documented or not documented at all. First of all, this is because W3 standards ignore the existence of tabbed UI in browsers...
—SA

Ron Beyer 6-Sep-13 10:27am

Thanks Sergey, W3 standards were set out before tabbed browsing, tabbed browsers only came out when people noticed how annoying it was to have multiple windows open, not sure which browser came first, but it was a smart idea and more followed.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Sep-13 11:47am

Thank you, Ron.

I was about to add that, in this situation, it would be the best to avoid creating browser windows. Pop-ups is evil, and new tab is conceptually, from the standpoint of a Web application, is still a popup.

It's the best to design the UI when only the user decides when to create a new window or a tab page, at the moment of clicking at an anchor. This is as logical as the fact that the user defines, say, the size of the window to present a page.

At the same time, imitation of the popup withing the page, such as those jQuery "modal popup" is a good alternative I would recommend.

—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Sep-13 11:56am

I added it as a separate solution, please see.
—SA

Solution 4

Please see my comments to the Solution 1 by Ron Beyer.

In this situation, which I think we reasonably explained to you, it's the best to avoid using window.open. Apparently, you hardly can expect consistent behavior of different browsers (and even different versions of the same browser as they are developed) in respect to choice between creation of a new tab page or a new separate browser window, and this inconsistency will badly effect navigation experience of the users, especially the least experienced ones. Besides, pop-ups are evil. Conceptually, from the stand point of a Web application, creating a new tab page is still a popup.

The best UI design should leave the decision to create a new tab page or a new separate browser window to the user, at the moment of clicking on an anchor.

I would advise to use the alternative approach. This is one of the good alternatives:
http://jqueryui.com/dialog/[^].

You can find a lot of 3rd-party jQuery plug-ins to implement more sophisticated (but fully defined by your application) imitation of modal or popup behavior.

—SA

Posted 6-Sep-13 5:56am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Ron Beyer 6-Sep-13 12:32pm

+5'd, although there are instances when using new window (avoid pop-ups like the plague) is needed. Government websites for example with outside links, intranet sites with outside links, etc. Usually they are opened in new windows so that the user knows and acknowledges that they've left the site.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Sep-13 21:20pm

Thank you, Ron.
I totally agree with you when you say there are exclusion from the recommendation to avoid pop-ups, but as a rule of thumb it is useful.
My logic was this: it there is a controversy between new tab page and a new separate browser window, this an indicative concern when my recommendation should be well applicable.
—SA

Solution 3

Try this

C#

// open in default browser
    Process.Start("http://www.csharpdeveloping.net");


    // open in Internet Explorer
    Process.Start("iexplore", @"http://www.csharpdeveloping.net/");

    // open in Firefox
    Process.Start("firefox", @"http://www.csharpdeveloping.net/");

    // open in Google Chrome
Process.Start("chrome", @"http://www.csharpdeveloping.net/");

Happy Coding :)

Posted 6-Sep-13 0:33am

Gitanjali Singh

Updated 6-Sep-13 4:11am

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melvintcs 9-Sep-13 2:46am

i duno why they put 1 star on this solution, it helped me pretty well, i modified and have a better soluion.

Solution 2

couldn't you just use System.Diagnostic.Process.Start("chrome", "http://www.google.com");
if chrome is already running it starts in new tab

Posted 5-Sep-13 23:37pm

charles henington

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melvintcs · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-08T20:48:00

Thank you Gitanjali Singh for sharing the code with us. Modified, and the code served me well :)

C#

System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser;
          if (browser.Browser == "Chrome")
          {
              Process.Start("chrome", @"http://www.google.com/");
          }
          else
          {
             Response.Write("<script>window.open('http://www.google.com/');</script>");
          }

for whoever who wonder, you also can solve this problem by install the extension "One Window"
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/one-window/papnlnnbddhckngcblfljaelgceffobn/related?hl=en[^]