to re-iterate what William has said: you CAN'T control it. what may seem to you like some website being able to control it is just an illusion - it is just a combination of link attributes and/or javascript controlling the link that makes a browser behave it a particular way. note, though, that the same browser on another computer may react totally differently to the same link/javascript - it all depends on individual user's browser settings.
to give you an example: on my FF3 i have it set up that any link which wants to open anew window will open instead in a new tab in the background, unless the script that opens the link has defined a fixed size for the window it opens, in which case i allow it to open in a new window instead of a tab. furthermore, i have it set up in such a way that same link will open a new tab every time it is clicked, no matter if it defines a named window or not. in Chrome i have it set up so that ANY link opens in a new tab, no matter what link/script properties there are. bottom line: you can't control it. this is pure user preferences that you can't change via scripts or anything. finally, a suggestion: since we are in the 21st century now, with Web2.0 and all, use floated divs to show 'pop-up' windows instead of trying to open new tabs/windows in the user's browser. these 'in-line pop-ups' are much more user-friendly and are trivial to code with modern js frameworks like jquery. and if you still want to use the old-school opening of content in a new window - give your users a choice to open it the same tab/window or in a new one if they want to (by providing a separate link that opens same content in new tab/window using 'target' attribute or some javascript) instead of forcing them to accept what you think is right for them. Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ Gonzo Rock wrote: > Hey William, > > Somehow it IS controllable... > for example: > http://www.selexgalileo.com/SelexSAS/EN//index.sdo > > Notice that at the very top of that page, in Red, there is a link labeled > Innovation... it opens Innovation in a new tab. > Notice that there is another link at the bottom of the page, marked > Credits... it opens in the same tab. > > The Innovation URL is contained in an iframe and the target is _blank and it > opens in a tab. > The Credits URL is of course a classic URL which opens in the same > window/tab. > > But there is more to this... _blank always opens in a new window when I > write it... can't figure out how to make this tabbed behavior happen and > I've been goggling for most of the day reading and trying various > approaches. > > Gonzo > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:07 PM, William Seiter <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Gonzo, >> >> I am assuming that you are referring to the 'browser' tabs as opposed to a >> tab in a cfajax element. >> >> The control over that part of the browser is only available to the computer >> user. There is a setting in most of the browser with tabs that I have >> looked at, that allows new windows to be opened in a tab rather than a new >> window. >> >> This is part of the 'sandbox' control of the browser. That invisible line >> between what a website can do on a computer and what it can't do. >> >> William >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gonzo Rock [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:51 PM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: making new tab the target of a url >> >> >> How does one make a new tab, or a named tab for that matter, the target of >> a >> url? Everything I try ends up in a new window, not a tab. ;-( >> Thanks, >> Gonzo >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
